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Highlights The Rajasthan government allocated Rs 200 crore to the Free Medicine Scheme, which will also be spent on menstrual hygiene products. This Menstrual Hygiene Day, observed globally on May 28, it is more important than ever to highlight the importance of investing in adolescent health. Restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have adversely impacted menstrual health in India by cutting off access to free sanitary napkins. New Delhi: The Rajasthan government allocated Rs 200 crore to the Free Medicine Scheme, which will also be spent on menstrual hygiene products. This Menstrual Hyg...

Representational Image Population Foundation of India Meet A Young Change Maker From Tonk Who Is Bridging Information And Hygiene Gaps With Her Powerful Voice 17-year old Ravina Bairwa is a grassroots champion who hopes the second wave of COVID-19 will not deny rural girls their health rights As the second wave of COVID-19 lashes against an already overstretched health-care system and widens preexisting, social and economic gaps between urban and rural India, a young, menstrual-hygiene champion from Tonk, Rajasthan, is trying to make a differe...

Representational Image UNICEF Reducing Early Pregnancy Key to Safe Motherhood On International Mothers’ Day, let's look at the adverse impact of motherhood on adolescent wellbeing This year, on 9 May, as India observes International Mothers’ Day in the midst of a fresh wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical to draw attention to the issue of child marriage and teenage pregnancy. With lockdowns due to COVID-19 disrupting women’s access to reproductive health services, it is more critical than ever to protect girls from early pregnan...

May 09, 2021, 14:40 PM IST New Delhi: This year, on May 9, as India observes International Mothers’ Day in the midst of a fresh wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical to draw attention to the issue of child marriage and teenage pregnancy. With lockdowns due to COVID-19 disrupting women’s access to reproductive health services, it is more critical than ever to protect girls from early pregnancy, which can pose severe physical and mental health risks to adolescents. While popular culture glorifies motherhood, it fails to consider the struggles of adolescent mothers who have yet to re...

Meet 17-year old Ravina Bairwa, a young change maker from Tonk who is bridging information and hygiene gaps Ravina, on one hand, disseminates information on safe and healthy menstruation and on the other draws the attention of relevant stakeholders on the paucity of hygiene products for young girls.   Share: May 08, 2021, 11:10 AM IST New Delhi: As the second wave of COVID-19 lashes against an already overstretched healthcare system and widens preexisting, social and economic gaps between urban and rural India, Ravina Bairwa, a young, menstrual hygiene champion from Tonk, Rajasthan, is tryin...