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MENSTRUAL MOVEMENT MIRROR PROJECT

Menstrual Movement was a CAS project initiated by 11 girls in the 12th grade, led by The Mirror Project is an initiative aimed at initiating dialogue and prompting conversation
Kiara Bose Roy, Thea Turner and Tanya Jhaveri. The DAIS team was the India chapter regarding various aspects of student and social life. This was done through various activities
of the international student-led organisation Menstrual Movement that originated in and games in order to help students open up about any issues they may want to talk about.
North Carolina.The aim of this project was to work towards breaking the taboo Each activity was thoroughly discussed with the student care department prior to
surrounding menstruation and mitigating 'period poverty' in India. Period poverty is implementation. Activities included 'Random Conversation' (to stimulate dialogue), 'Ask me
the lack of access to sanitary products and sanitation facilities. More than 80% of Anything' where students can ask the Mirror Project team any questions (generally of a
women in India resort to using unhygienic and unsafe alternatives to sanitary napkins personal nature), and many others. These activities were also conducted by our seniors, and
such as sand, ash, old sarees and cloth. In India several girls are unable to attend they reported to have successfully created a comfortable space wherein the students were
school during this time and as a result, their education remains incomplete. The able to share their thoughts and opinions without inhibition.
Menstrual Movement group wanted to help increase access to sanitary napkins for
these women and help them lead healthier lives. The majority of our meetings as a team revolved around the same question: how do we get
people to talk candidly? We spent the lion's share of our time in sessions working on activities
Part 1: In the span of a month, the team fundraised over Rs. 55,000 through online
crowdfunding on KETTO. They used these funds to buy 2,400 packets of sanitary that would produce an honest conversation. A good source for such discourse was our first
pads from the non-profit organisation - Humans for Humanity. According to UNICEF, activity called 'Spectrum'. Spectrum is a game designed to instigate the expression and
one woman requires 3 pads a day which would be 3 packets a month. Hence, we justification of opinions. Students had to choose one of 4 options, indicating 4 levels of
distributed one month's supply of pads to approximately 800 women from low- agreement or disagreement (including Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, and Strongly
income families in Mumbai. We distributed the sanitary pads at the Manav Seva Disagree). Prompts are read out, after which participants are made to indicate their stance.
Sangh Foundation, a village in Karjat. We also sent supplies to a government school in We knew that one of the most important aspects of making the discussions honest and
the city and the Gita Nagar slums. fruitful was making smaller groups. Each group was led by two members of the Mirror
Project. The majority of our time went in 'simulations activities,' wherein a member of the
Part 2: Concurrently, the team wrote and designed a women's health magazine group would be the session leader, while the rest of the group would play 8th graders.
named 'Sakhi', aimed at promoting healthy sanitary practices and an informed
outlook on menstruation. The team wrote articles on hygiene tips, myth busters, Then, our session with Grade 8 finally happened! The most popular activity, as predicted, was
scientific explanations of the female reproductive system, information on PCOS and Spectrum; most students seemed keen to express their opinions on the statements we made,
other related diseases. These articles were written in Hindi and English and two prompting open conversations of high quality. In fact, we even got requests to conduct these
versions of the magazines were made available to the women. These magazines were sessions on a weekly basis! To keep the momentum going, team Mirror Project scheduled a
distributed to each of the 800 women along with the pads. A teacher from the Gita session with Grade 11. We made modifications to the Grade 8 session plan in order to suit
Nagar slum said, “I am very grateful for these girls because the children were using the interests and level of maturity of the 11th graders. Concurrently, we brainstormed ways
ragged clothes. You have given us a study guide and we are teaching our girls how to to conduct similar activities for our teachers, so as to learn about the issues they are facing in
lead a good life.” the virtual school environment. We really look forward to conducting these sessions and
many more so we may achieve our goal of creating a safe space for students to open up!
The team feels lucky to have shifted health practices in the communities that they
were able to reach out to. They received an overwhelmingly positive response from
the women and are thrilled to have been able to contribute significantly to their EL DECÁLOGO DEL CIUDADANO RESPONSABLE COMMUNIQUER PLUS AVEC VOS
community!
CON EL CUIDADO DEL PLANETA PARENTS (UN GUIDE POUR LES JEUNES)
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en bicicleta en parents ne les comprennent pas.
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