Menstrual Hygiene Campaign ( Outreach and awareness)

Menstrual health awareness & reusable pad making workshop Menstrual health awareness campaign has been one of the most demanding campaigns in the rural and remote areas of Nepal. A large population of the rural parts of Nepal are below the poverty line and are economically backward. Buying and using a proper Sanitary Pad during their mensuration has been very tuff and challenging for the girls in that area due to the lack of mensuration health awareness and financial support./ Menstrual health awareness and reusable pad-making workshop is targeted for raising awareness and self-consciousness to Women of rural areas of Nepal. This workshop aims to create menstrual awareness among the participants and train them to make one type of reusable pad whereas participants will get an idea of different types of reusable pads

PROBLEM STATEMENT

a. Adolescent girls do not have consistent access to education on sexual health, reproductive health, or menstrual health.

b. Inability to effectively manage menstrual hygiene dramatically affects an adolescent girl’s education, physical health, psychological wellbeing, and general quality of life.

c.Despite this great need, there have been notably very few studies on menstrual health and hygiene in Nepal.

d. The importance of menstrual hygiene management has largely been neglected by international health and development practitioners in most countries of the world.

e.Mothers are the most immediate source of information and support during menstruation, followed by sisters and female friends, yet they are not aware of menstrual health and hygiene practice

f. Most women and girls experience restricted mobility and participation in normal activities during menstruation and are forced to observe traditional norms and practices, despite physical discomfort and/or lack of resources.

The practice (Chaupadi) leads to increased risks of infections, including reproductive tract and genital infections, due to poor hygiene linked to lack of access to clean water. Women are also forbidden from consuming dairy products, meat, and other nutritious foods, for fear they will spoil them, and survive on a diet of dry foods, salt, and rice. As a result, anemia and emaciation among women are two times higher in Chhaupadi practicing areas. Beyond the physical, the effects of Chhaupadi are extremely dehumanizing and physiologically stressful. Psychological problems linked to stigmatization and isolation, including substance abuse (e.g., smoking and alcohol consumption), are often a consequence of the practice, while isolation leaves adolescent girls vulnerable to rape and animal attacks.