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Menstrual Hygiene Day Celebrations by MAEMA and WDC

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Published on Mon 07 Jun, 2021






Menstruation - Natural, Normal, Nothing More…

It is rightly said that "small drops of water today will make an ocean tomorrow".

Thakur College of Science & Commerce has collaborated with MenstrualHygieneDay.Org (Global), which is working in the direction of ending period poverty and stigma attached to it. Department of MA-EMA in collaboration with Women Development Cell of TCSC took an initiative to break the taboo around menstruation hygiene (MH) where no women or girl will be uncomfortable talking about menstruation and menstruation hygiene.

To create awareness about menstruation hygiene, various offline and online events were conducted starting 20 th May. Learners were informed about the significance of 28th May, which is celebrated as Menstruation Day. They were also enlightened as to why 28th May was selected as Menstruation Day. The Menstruation Bracelet Challenge was a great initiative to make people explore their creative side and spread awareness about MHM.

Several renowned celebrities such Ritvik Sahore (Actor), Siddarth Nigam (Actor), Mahima Makwana (Actor), Simran Buddharup (Actor), Shibani Kashyap (Singer), Harshada Patil (Actor) joined hands with TCSC and helped reach the wider audience. On 28 th May, a webinar titled “Menstruation-Natural, Normal, Nothing More” was organized, the objective of which was to normalize the talk about menstruation. Dr. Mukesh Gupta was invited as a guest speaker (MBBS, MS and DNB) Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, who cleared the myths related to menstruation and answered various questions related to it. The webinar was attended by more than 250 people, which made it a great success. It was a small step towards creating a world, where talking about menstruation would not be considered awkward.