ENA Sectors 2018-03-05 08:35:50 <p><strong>New Delhi, Mar 5 (KNN) </strong>With a view to promote menstrual hygiene and mutilate the taboos related to monthly cycle in Purulia district, Bengal government has taken an initiative to involve women in manufacturing sanitary napkins.</p> <p>An SHG in Jaipur Purulia has taken up the work of manufacturing sanitary napkin that permits women to earn money by producing sanitary napkins, All India Trinamool Congress has said.</p> <p>Women in Purulia district with this project not only ended the taboos related to monthly cycle but also learnt importance of better sanitation and hygiene.</p> <p>District Rural Development (DRDC) in conjunction with UNICEF, last year introduced a proposal for a sanitary napkin production centre at Purulia to provide cheap sterilized napkins and encourage women on personal hygiene.</p> <p>Infrastructure requirement on one hand fulfilled by DRDC and on the other hand UNICEF offered technical support in order to push this initiative.</p> <p>The DRDC fulfilled the infrastructure requirements while UNICEF offered technical support.</p> <p>A pilot project was started in Jaipur in Purulia and ASHA workers have been attached in to distribute the end products.</p> <p>Every month 30 women work on the 2 sterilization machines and produce about 900 sanitary napkin packets.</p> <p>Apart from retailing these napkins, the centre supplies napkins for hospital, schools and SHGs.</p> <p>Further plan has been made to include Kanyashree girls in the distribution list also.<strong> (KNN/YV)</strong></p> 19223 http://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/west-bengal-ropes-in-rural-women-for-manufacturing-sanitary-pads 2018-03-05 08:35:50 knnindia.co.in