28th May is International Menstrual Hygiene Day. It's common for sanitary product brands to take this opportunity to promote disposable sanitary pads and tampons. We want women to take a step back and understand the impact of these disposables on the environment and understand about reusable alternatives before choosing. This presentation seeks to address two issues in India. Breaking the Taboo about Menstruation and educating people about sustainable menstrual products - reusable menstrual cups and reusable cloth pads.

1. This is a Green
Event supported by
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2. PERIOD SYMBOLISM
Look where we find them!

3. At one point in our own cultural history, menses was revered
and respected. Over time, it’s been downgraded to a dirty
secret women should lock away
Imagine, sitting in a common
hut, resting and talking and
gossiping with your gal pals
for 2-4 days a month! If you
hadn’t hit puberty, you would
be waiting for it!
If it no longer adds to fun in
life, we should discard it!

4. A study by Basra found that 71% of
girls in India report having no
knowledge of menstruation before their
first period.
At menarche, schoolgirls in Jaipur,
Rajasthan report their dominant feelings
to be
shock (25%)
fear (30%)
anxiety (69%)
guilt (22%)
frustration(22%).
Lets stop
hiding our
periods – in
fact show our
period some
pride
Louise Hay suggests that period problems involve some
level of rejection of the feminine self, possibly due to fear,
guilt, or shame. Menstruation is a fundamental symbol of
womanhood, so I ask all my female patients with
menstrual difficulties how they feel about being a woman.
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5. ● 1. It makes you work out harder - if u exercise,
lesser the heavy flow and pain!
● 2. It’s an indicator about your health- your
hormones and thyroid are functioning
● 3. It's the ultimate excuse for self care
● 4. It's an awesome way to bond
● 5. It lets you know you're not preggo!!!
PERIOD - REASONS GETTING YOUR PERIOD IS ACTUALLY GREAT- BY
ELEANOR JONES, COSMOPOLITIAN

6. PERIODS ARE HEALTHY
Millions of women menstruate every day
Approx 35 years or 420 periods!
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The Biology of Periods – Why do we get them?

7. For little girls
Chelsea to
Barbie
What will happen and in broadly what sequence
1. You would have finished getting your new front teeth
2. You will grow tall.
3. Your breast will start developing - a little hurt when they start
developing, but who doesn’t want an ability to wear strapless dress
occasionally!
4. Your periods will start - finally! you enter the big girls club.
5. Look in the mirror, your period hormones will make you more
beautiful everyday!
6. You will get hair in armpits and pubic hair.
7. You will put on some weight on thighs and buttocks.
8. You will no longer want to always hang around parents - you will now
want to do things your way as now your brain can think too for you!
give in sometimes to them, please! you still have way to go in this
department till 18.
Teaching HER
Period Love
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8. Your Periods Talk -
Listen to its message
Your body indicates underlying health
issues through warning signals. Take
heed and meet your doctor.
- Heavy Bleeding
- Trickle
- Irregular
- Blood Colour Change
- Bright Cranberry Red, regular cycle -
be happy, nothing’s amiss, you’re in
perfect good health!
Medical Conditions are varied – only a
professional can offer correct diagnoses
and treatments – Don’t shy away from
meeting your doctor to discuss your
periods.
Women who don’t trust their bodies, don’t trust
their feelings. Women who don’t trust their
feelings don’t use their voices. And women
who don’t use their voices don’t need to be
silenced. They silence themselves.
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9. A disposable modern sanitary
napkin is nearly all plastic
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10. Sanitary waste
- Picked up from your
doorstep / work place
- By housekeeping staff,
waste-pickers
- Exposing them to health
hazards .
Many pads get thrown in the sewage...
...super absorbent gel makes them bloat and clog
the drains...
...cleaners have to get into these drains to clean
them for us.
How do you dispose your
PADS / TAMPONS?
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11. What Goes Around, Comes Around
• Cannot Recycle or Reuse Disposable Sanitary Pads
• Dumped in the landfill – takes over 500 years to
decompose
• When burnt, releases harmful gases into air
• Serious Environmental & Health Effects Stonesoup.in

12. SOLUTIONS ?
Pads/
Tampons/
Diapers
Chemicals/
Plastics
Health &
Environmen
t Problems
Cloth Pads/
Menstrual
Cups/
Cloth Diapers
Reusable/
Bio-
Degradable
Better for
Health & the
Environment

13. Reusable CLOTH PADS
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15. Reusable MENSTRUAL CUPS
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16. 350 to 1200
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Cleaning Between Uses
Remove and empty every 6-8
hpurs
Place in a container of hot water
OR
Wash with clean water between
uses
Caring For Your Menstrual Cup

18. How can you help?
● Wear green and red marker during
your periods. Make hidden an open
topic. Proudly, Unashamedly. It’s the
very core of our existence, here on
earth. Let’s remind everyone about
that.
● Spread the message - Women have
a choice - and a responsibility -
Choose Green
● Let’s join hands - promote, donate,
educate. Make a difference to our
world..
● We can arrnage Greener Doctrine
Program to educate the medical
fraternity. This is conducted by
doctors for doctors. Please write or
call to know more.
Connect with us:
facebook.com/PeriodLoveCampaign/
contact@stonesoup.in
080 4121 4957
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19. Demo Kits
Buy a Demo Kit and start off your own Sustainable
Menstruation Education Journey
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20. 40 girls of t Sahasra Deepika Foundation for
Education chose reusable alternatives.
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21. Media Mentions
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