Project Sukhad Promotes Menstrual Hygiene Awareness in India, Breaking Social Taboos
By Aamna Fatima : I magine waking up as a young girl to the cold, damp sensation of blood between your legs. In reality this should be celerated as a milestone of growth but instead before she even learns the biological origin of this whole process and the reason why she must bleed every month , she is handed a heavy shroud of shame. And instead of reaching for a clean and safe product, she is handed a rough, tampered piece of old cloth- the same kind her mother and grandmother have used for decades. She is told almost everything except what should actually be told. Rasoi mein mat jaana, khana chhua toh bhatth (spoiled) ho jayega. Achaar ki barni ko haath mat lagaana, sab sad jayega. Tulsi mein paani mat daalna, woh sookh jayegi. Bhaiyon ke saamne mat jaana, sharam karo. To her, these are not just rules rather her moral reality inherited from the women she loves most. Ms. Fatima initially joined Project Sukhad 🩸 by Hamari Pahchan NGO rea...