Our Community Outreach

Serving Women, Girls and anyone who bleeds!

Menstruation is a rich, multi-faceted experience that has social, cultural, economic, environmental, health, and gender dimensions. Eco Femme’s projects have evolved in response to our growing understanding of the holistic nature of this experience along with the evolving development of the menstrual health ecosystem in India and across the world.
We recognise that it is not only women and girls who menstruate; some women do not menstruate and others who do not identify as women may menstruate e.g. trans men. Our dream is a world where cultures normalise menstruation so anyone can bleed with dignity; exploring ways to include other genders, families, and the wider community in conversations is crucial.

For now, our work focuses on girls and women – it is a reflection of the context where we work in India and what we have capacity to focus on meaningfully. For this reason, we have chosen to use the words that women and girls use to refer to themselves rather than the increasingly prevalent term menstruators. We have found that the word menstruators is unfamiliar and can appear abstract, reducing the way that they relate to and define themselves to that of a bodily function – a more limited identity.

We are constantly learning and stretching and exploring how to serve different audiences beyond girls and women… we welcome engagement with anyone who bleeds (or not ????) and look forward to what the future holds with curiosity and openness!