by Eco Femme | Apr 18, 2022 | Education, Pad for pad.
In December 2020, Colonel Piyush Srivastava from National Cadet Corps (NCC), Puducherry approached us to explore a collaboration to offer menstrual health education and train young women cadets to become peer menstrual educators. The NCC is the youth wing of...
by Eco Femme | Nov 26, 2021 | Education, Pads for sisters.
It was exactly one year back when we had this idea to distribute sanitary pads to women in the Limi Valley as the lockdown had made it hard for them to access essential goods. Limi Valley is a beautiful trans-Himalayan community located in the north-western corner of...
by Eco Femme | Aug 5, 2021 | Education
The pandemic has been an eye-opener for many of us. It slowed down the pace of life and gave us a space to reconsider our choices and their impacts on our immediate environment and the planet as a whole. For me, personally, the pandemic gave me an opportunity to look...
by Eco Femme | Aug 2, 2020 | Blog, Culture, Education, Projects page.
So, why talk with men and boys about menstruation? The answer is simple: because one-sided conversations are not as effective as a two-way dialogue when it comes to change-making! Boys and men are the other part of our population and thus need to be involved in...
by Eco Femme | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog, Eco Femme, Education
It was a first for me when girls were paraded around almost in a walk of shame, simply because of a stain. It was a first for me when we were applauded about talking in whispers about Stayfree and Whisper. As I stood performing my piece on menstruation at a...
by Eco Femme | Mar 13, 2019 | Education, Pad for pad.
Eco Femme Pad for Pad facilitator and trainer Nikethana, shares her reflections on giving menstrual health education sessions to girls and women around India. I have been working as a part of Eco Femme’s Pad for Pad programme for more than 2 years now as a...
