Pain is the most common problem women’s have with their periods .more than half of women’s who have periods get some pain around their periods .some women’s get just a feeling of heaviness in the abdomen or tugging in the pelvic area .other women’s experiences severe different from premenstrual syndrome ( PMS ) pain .The (menstrual cycle) which is counted from the first day of one period is not same for every women. Menstrual flow comes after 21 to 35 days. For the first few years after menstruation begins, long cycle are common.
- Roughly half of the female population around 26 per cent of the global population are of reproductive age. Most women menstruate each month for about two to seven days.-71% adolescent girls in India remain unaware of menstruation till menarche. A report by Dasra suggests that nearly 23 million girls drop out of school annually due to lack of proper menstrual hygiene management facilities.
-According to a report published by WaterAid, illnesses related to a lack of water, basic sanitation and hygiene were responsible for the deaths of almost 800,000 women around the world in a single year making it the fifth biggest killer of women behind heart disease, stroke, lower respiratory infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
-Almost 50% women in India have irregular menstrual cycles.
-68% women have severe period-related symptoms such as cramps, tiredness, and bloating. Of the various symptoms, over 47% users reported having cramps. Around 49% women reported being tired and 28% women complained of being bloated during their cycles. Almost all users report having mood swings at some point in their cycle.
-Lack of Awareness:
Indian Council for Medical Research’s 2011-12 report stated that only 38 per cent menstruating girls in India spoke to their mothers about menstruation.
-Impact on Women’s Health:
Surveys by the Ministry of Health in 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2012 found out that most problems related to menstrual hygiene in India are preventable, but are not due to low awareness and poor menstrual hygiene management. This resulted in development of some serious ailments for adolescent girls. Roughly 120 million menstruating adolescents in India experience menstrual dysfunctions, affecting their normal daily chores. Nearly 60,000 cases of cervical cancer deaths are reported every year from India, two-third of which are due to poor menstrual hygiene.
Other health problems associated with menstrual hygiene like anaemia, prolonged or short periods, infections of reproductive tracts, as well as psychological problems such as anxiety, embarrassment and shame.
Menstrual law in India —
INDIAN national congress has proposed paid leave for all working women’s in India every month. The bill also seeks to provide better facilities for rest at the workplace during menstruation. A private member of Parliament is one who does not hold a ministers post with the government.
- Government Schemes On Menstrual Hygiene
From a ban on advertisements on sanitary napkins in 1990, to a full-fledged feature film, PadMan, on a low-cost sanitary napkin entrepreneur in 2018, India has indeed come a long way. It was eight years back in 2010, when the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the Freeday Pad Scheme, a pilot project to provide sanitary napkins at subsidised rates for rural girls. The scheme was launched in 152 districts across 20 states and sanitary napkins were sold to adolescent girls at the rate of Rs. 6 per pack of six napkins by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs). The estimated cost for the entire scheme was Rs 70 crore.
Under the ongoing Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, menstrual hygiene has been given high importance. The Swachh Bharat (Gramin) guidelines explicitly state that funds allocated for information, education and communication (IEC) maybe spent on bettering awareness on menstrual hygiene in villages. Adequate knowledge of menstrual hygiene and development of local sanitary napkin manufacturing units is encouraged by Swachh Bharat Mission (rural) and self-help groups are to help in propagating such efforts.
What is periods leave policy? -
( menstruation leave) is a type or leave where a women’s have the option to take paid or unpaid leave from her employment if she is menstruating and is unable to go to work because of this.
SHOULD PERIODS LEAVE GIVEN ?
ranging from periods pain. heavy bleeding, cramps to condition like endometriosis. PCOS and so on effect menstruating women’s that make those few days of the month exceptionally hard. These leave not only acknowledge a women’s needs but also ensure that employees feel safe .the bill proposes that women working both the public and private sectors be given 2 days of paid menstrual leave each month.
HOW many girls leave school due to periods—
A 2014 report by the NGO #BLOGtitled spot on! Found that nearly 23 MILLION girls drop out of school due to lack of proper menstrual hygiene management facilities, which is include availability of sanitary napkins and logical awareness of menstruation.
