World Menstrual Hygiene’ Day 2019

On the eve of the ‘World Menstrual Hygiene’ Day 2019 on May 27, 2019, BOGS was a partner in the group discussion on ‘Menstrual Hygiene’ organized by CINI. The discussion followed the international theme – ‘It’s time for action’.

Dr. Basab Mukherjee, immediate past secretary of BOGS deliberated on the myths and misconceptions of menstrual periods. College students participated in the discussion. There were also a group of trans gender participants sharing their problems in dealing with menstruation after gender conversion. Mr Shobhan Mukherjee, the ‘Bengal Padman’ shared the issues regarding quality of sanitary napkins.

Important take home messages on menstrual hygiene were generated in the two-hour session and more awareness was found to be the need of the hour.