On March 2, 2018, 14 members of One Better World (OBW) arranged a workshop on menstruation hygiene with the tagline “Menstruation matters to everyone, everywhere”.

Menstruation or period are often counted as taboo in this sub-continent. Regardless of its significance to mankind, people always showed a negative perspective towards it from the beginning of time. They even ignore the health risk for women due to their unconsciousness about this matter. To protect our women, these taboos should be broken down and women themselves should know more about their hygiene. In order to enlighten women and young girls, One Better World has arranged this workshop.

The workshop took place in Asroy foundation; a school for underprivileged located in Hazaribagh model town. The main objective of the session was to raise the awareness of using hygienic menstruation pads during periods to ensure the safety of young girls and mothers from dangerous germ inflicted diseases. The event started around 11 O’ clock and went up to 1 O’ clock of noon. The workshop started off with discourses regarding the necessity of using clean sanitary pads and what might be the cost of an unhygienic practice regarding period. Later on, an open-ended awareness-raising discussion took place where the mothers of the children mentioned their problems, obstacles, and queries regarding healthy menstruation hygiene which were answered by the specialized members of the OBW team.

The event ended by distributing all the mothers and young girls with Freedom sanitary pads provided by ACI Pharmaceuticals, to motivate the practice of using hygienic sanitary pads from future onwards. About 50 women and young girls were reached through this event.