Last year WE adapted to the online media and successfully conducted the #LetsTalkPeriod session virtually with Government-aided school teachers. To accommodate Avcom’s request, we tweaked the content making it relevant to the marginalised sector through the online medium.

The #LetsTalkPeriod content, as well as the teaching aids, are tailor-made to suit the different target groups for maximum understating and interaction. In the marginalised sector the aids often used are Placards, a silicone model of the reproductory system and video.

The two-hour workshop covers the physiology, monthly cycle, addresses facts vs myths and also delves on the ancient wisdom around menstruation. Steps in hygiene and a discussion on feminine hygiene solutions are an integral part of the interaction. The session encourages participants to share their experiences through the safe and open space created by the #LetsTalkPeriod platform. Another one of the mechanics used is sharing the learnings of the session through art.

An artwork made by one of the women encapsulates her learnings from the interaction. Ruchika resident Dharamshala, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh won a medical-grade silicone stonesoup.in Menstrual cup of MRP 945 INR.

#LetsTalkPeriod is an initiative of Woman Endangered (WE) that openly talks about PERIODS. Providing information, encouraging interaction and involving participants to become change agents in their respective communities, educational institutions or work organizations.  The session helps address gender parity issues along with environmental & health hazards that we face through popular menstrual hygiene solutions. WE work through behaviour change communication, busting myths around menstruation with the aim to transform communities to be inclusive and sensitive to the needs of all. 

If you work in marginalised sectors WE would be happy to conduct this 2-hour session PRO BONO with the beneficiaries. You can reach out with your request by writing to suparnaa@simplysuparnaa.com. The session content for all target groups has been adapted online taking into consideration the covid distancing protocols.

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Kanika Mehrotra is a management professional based in Italy, an old colleague, when she recently reached out to conduct an interview with me talking about Life-Changing skills, I was more than happy to engage through this free-flowing conversation. Amidst other things being comfortable with our anatomy and recognizing our own deep-set stereotypes came to the fore as the discussion progressed.

The interview reminded me of the deck that Shiva Kumar had made on women in leadership and we shared on the site here.

Here is a link to the podcast on spotify with the whole recorded interaction.

You could also watch the whole interview here and share your own experiences as a woman in the leadership role that suits you best.

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When I first started taking menstrual hygiene sessions in urban slums the most common query was how to deal with pain and irregularities through periods.
I reached out to my dear friend Pragati Sharma, who not only is a yoga exponant but also a naturopath. She was kind enough to record some yoga asana along with some natural home remedies to help cope with any irregularities through periods. I have used some of these and can personally vouch for them. Please feel free to share in your own communities and continue the conversations about the natural process of a woman’s body.  One that gives her the unique ability to create life. #LetsTalkPeriod

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