Recently, Maharashtra’s Thane city got a brilliant upgrade for women. It has built a “PERIOD ROOM” for the women going through menstruation, in order to keep their health and sanitation in check. Isn’t this something awesome?
To provide women with hygienic sanitary facilities, “period room” has been set up at a public toilet in Thane.
This period room has claimed to be the FIRST OF ITS KIND initiative at a public toilet. The facility has been equipped with a urinal jet spray, toilet roll holder, soap, running water and a dustbin.
With a country where women still have to compromise their health on such matter, Thane’s civic body with the help of an NGO named Muse Foundation came up with this idea after conducting a survey in Thane’s slum area covering around 1000 women.
This move especially highlighted the difficulties women from the slums have to face during their menstruation.The Period Room initiative would now be replicated across all of the public toilets maintained by the municipal corporation, translating into at least 120 toilets of this kind.
WHAT THE PERIOD ROOM MIGHT LOOK LIKE??
Painting on the outer wall of the toilet block are colourful pictures with messages advocating good hygiene.
Menstrual hygiene for women, particularly living in the slums across the country, is a nightmare. Their only option are community toilets.These toilets are in such a horrible condition that accessibility itself becomes illusive, let alone hygiene. That’s why Period Room is a welcome idea.
ANOTHER BRILLIANT MOVE
Over1,00,000 sanitary napkins have been supplied to various NGO’s and and civil societies to be distributed to women and adolescent girls in urban slums of Mumbai and other rural areas across Maharashtra.
While women still fight for their personal health and sanitation, while the women of the country would still look for ways to bring out health measures and cleanliness, Thane sets to be an example for the whole country to look forward to take a step for sanitation and cleanliness.
The “Period Room” facility will be a boon for the women who face menstrual problems and don’t have ease of toilets or a separate bathing section, the facility will also go a long way in promoting good hygiene.
In most of the localities, there are no public toilets and this facility will help them provide some relief.
