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2. 01 02 03 04 05 06 INDIA YOUTH FUND Criteria & Application Training
Phone Interviews & Shortlist 02
India Youth Fund Conclave & Jury 03
Training 04
Mentoring 05
Monitoring & Evaluation 06

3. MENSTRUAL HEALTH IN INDIA
70% of mothers consider menstruation 'dirty', perpetuating a culture of shame and ignorance
63 million adolescent girls live in homes without toilet facilities
Girls are typically absent for 20% of the school year due to menstruation, which is the second major reason, after household work, for girls to miss school
“Spot –On” Improving Menstrual Health and Hygiene in India. Report by USAID, Kiwah Trust and Dasra
70% increase in incidence of reproductive tract infections owing to poor menstrual hygiene
88% of menstruating women in India use home-grown alternatives like old fabric, rags, sand, ash, wood shavings, newspapers, dried leaves, hay, and plastic

4. WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE CRISIS?
The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MoDWS) modified its existing Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) to include menstrual hygiene components in late 2013.
Lack of awareness
Ill-informed sources of information at home
Lack of formal education on menstruation in schools
Lack of access to facilities
63 million adolescent girls live in homes without toilet facilities
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's (MoHFW) new program, Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK)
Ministry of Women and Child Development's (MWCD) -SABLA scheme
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's (MoHFW) Menstrual Hygiene Scheme, also referred to as the Freeday pads program, is the most explicit scheme for menstrual hygiene management. Implemented by MoHFW's National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and was piloted in 2010
Lack of sanitary materials
Unaffordability of sanitary napkins and limited knowledge of hygienic alternatives to the sanitary pad.

5. SANITATION – REAP BENEFIT

6. EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY TO SANITARY PADS – SUKHIBHAVA

7. KNOW YOUR BODY, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS – THE YP FOUNDATION

8. 15000+ tests performed on the platform
MOBILE PREGNANCY CARE – CARE MOTHER
3000 pregnancies
across 60+villages
tests performed on the platform
by 30 health workers

9. EMBRACING MENSTRUATION
MENSTRUPEDIA
JAYSHREE INDUSTRIES
GOONJ

10. EMBRACING MENSTRUATION
MENSTRUAL HYGIENE DAY
#happytobleed
RUPI KAUR
KIRAN GANDHI

11. CONCLUSIONS Innovators need to speak “government,” and vice versa
Government - When innovation translates to policy
Engage communities in innovation and scale
Funding – For Developmental Work
Don’t underestimate the importance of informal dialogue, trust, and relationships