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There is one particular gift that every girl will receive at some point in her life - and that is the beautiful, awkward, smelly gift of womanhood. In some parts of the world, this gift is celebrated- girls are eager to tell their mothers and friends when they have reached the defining moment of making the transition from being a girl to a woman. However, in many parts of the world, beginning to menstruate is still very much a mysterious taboo that is avoided and girls often do not get the education nor do the tools that they need to know how to properly deal with it.

There are an estimated 23 million girls in India who drop out of school once they start menstruating every year. Most schools in remote cities are not equipped with toilets to let alone with sanitary pad dispensers, leaving girls without the tools or the education to know how to deal with their menses.  

Only 12% the 355 million women menstruating in India use sanitary napkins while they are menstruating, while the rest resort to alternatives like cloth, ashes, and even sand, making menstruation extremely uncomfortable and unsanitary.

Many Ngo’s are working to provide women the chance to have a comfortable period and not be forced to make sacrifices in their education or careers because of something that is so natural that affects half of the world’s population by working to make sure that women can manage their periods by having access to female hygiene products. We must  break the stigma around periods and teach girls that menstruating doesn’t make them weak, it makes them strong.