Samba (Jammu and Kashmir), Apr 09 (ANI): A self-help group in Kashmir has been manufacturing low cost sanitary pads for rural women to promote menstrual hygiene and raise awareness among them. Taking inspiration from a Bollywood film based on a manufacturer of low-cost sanitary pads ‘Padman’, women in Samba district are producing quality pads costing 24 rupees and educating the rural women about the importance of maintaining hygiene. Block Program Manager, Chamak Preet Kaur, said the unit wants to make available low cost pads to poor women who are not able to afford costly pads and improve personal hygiene. For many Indian women, especially adolescent girls, menstruation is shameful and uncomfortable. From being barred from religious shrines to dietary restrictions to a lack of toilets and sanitary products, they face many challenges when they have their periods, campaigners say.
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