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MENSTRUAL HEALTH AWARENESS

A session on Menstrual Health and Use of Washable Sanitary napkins was organised
in the Pondicherry Prison for the female inmates. This session was done in association with
Eco- Femme a unit of Auroville. There were 16 women inmates and 5 jail women staff in the
session, the session was very successful and informative.
During the session, we covered the following topics: What is menstruation, what is
the menstrual process, personal hygiene, normal and abnormal period, how to track our period,
what are the myth and taboos that are still prevailing in society, why it is important to have a
conversation about the period, various menstrual products and analysis. After the awareness
session, all women wanted to try cloth pads to make a switch.
Free washable pads and underwear were distributed to all the ladies in the session.
Sri Aurobindo Society Pondicherry aims to bring transformation by using Washable Sanitary
pads towards personal health and environment. Disposable sanitary napkins are health and
environment hazardous.

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