Discover | Secondary Research
Final Major Project 2020 | Ruchika Karnani
Secondary Research “A 2014 report by the NGO Dasra titled ‘Spot On!’ informed that almost 23 million girls in India drop out of school annually, because of lack of menstrual hygiene management facilities, including availability of sanitary napkins and awareness about menstruation.” “In India, 71% of girls report having no knowledge of menstruation before their first period. Girls often turn to their mothers for information and support, but 70% of mothers consider menstruation “dirty,” further perpetuating taboos.” (Menstrual Health in India 2016) “All women (including transgender people) at Zomato can avail up to 10 days of period leaves in a year.” (Zomato, 2020) “Despite national-level efforts, ~53% of all households in India lack a toilet, requiring women and girls to use communal or public toilets, which may be far away, or defecate in the open, increasing women’s vulnerability to violence.”(Menstrual Health in India 2016)
“A study done on 119 women in Puducherry, India showed that only a third of those with a menstrual complaint (36%) seek treatment from a health facility. The rest of them resorted to home remedy (10%), self-medication (6%), or did not take any measure (43%).” (Laksham, Selvaraj,et al. 2019)
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