28 May 2024
by
| No comments yet
ac1992719@gmail.com
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Women in Madhya Pradesh's tribal areas hardly use sanitary napkins, say social activists who work among tribals in the state. Lack of awareness and availability and expenses involved are reasons why tribal women donít use sanitary napkins. They use old clothes, husks, leaves, ashes etc. As a result, they suffer from anaemia, urinary tract infection, reproductive tract infection and other health issues.
Maya Vishwakarma, known as MP's padwoman, said she did not find a single woman using sanitary napkins when she visited Bhilmadhana, a tribal village in the Narsinghpur district. "The village has a population of 1,000 and we can easily presume that there must be at least 400 women of reproductive age but none of them use napkins," she said.
Search Research Society's Monika Jain, who has toured tribal areas in Betul, Chhindwara and Seoni district, besides Kesla block in Hoshangabad district, said tribal women use cloth, husk and leaves.
Social activist Prabha Gaur, who works among tribals in Mandla, Dindori, Alirajpur districts, said, "People are poor and canít afford napkins. Due to taboos, women don't hang cloths they use during periods in open for drying. They are never exposed to sunlight and are re-used," she said.
Udita Yojana almost dead
State government's Udita Yojana, meant for providing low-cost sanitary napkins through schools, colleges and anganwadis, is almost dead. Women and child development department, which administers it, has no data on number of functional Udita corners. "If anganwadi workers are running Udita corners on their own, we are not aware of it," a department official said.
According to National Family Health Survey-5, Madhya Pradesh is second-worst state in country in use of hygienic methods for menstrual protection. Almost 39% of women of 15 to 24 years of age do not use hygienic methods. Almost 64.4% of women use cloths during periods.
#
28 may 2024
Esajeevani
Hygiene
International day of action for women hygiene day
Mantural hygiene day Hindi update
Menstrual hygiene
Menstrual hygiene awareness
Menstrual hygiene day
Menstrual hygiene day 2024
Menstrual hygiene day 2024 story update
Menstrual hygiene day by my Eclairs akhil
Menstrual hygiene day kya hai
World menstrual hygiene day 2024
ac1992719@gmail.com
28 May 2024
Tags
28 may 2024
Esajeevani
Hygiene
International day of action for women hygiene day
Mantural hygiene day Hindi update
Menstrual hygiene
Menstrual hygiene awareness
Menstrual hygiene day
Menstrual hygiene day 2024
Menstrual hygiene day 2024 story update
Menstrual hygiene day by my Eclairs akhil
Menstrual hygiene day kya hai
World menstrual hygiene day 2024
Our blogs
Archive
Sign in to leave a comment
Menstrual Hygiene Day: Unhygienic Protection Causing Urinary And Reproductive Tract Infection In Tribals In MP