WE organized a session to discuss her period with 30 marginalized women in the community of Trilok puri East Delhi before the Lockdown due to the Pandemic. Now, life like it was, has taken a back seat, leaving enough time to catch up on all pending work. Woman Endangered’s outreach with the #LetsTalkPeriod sessions has been completely pro bono for the beneficiary to date. And WE realized that all of the voluntary work around menstruation or the woman’s period that we did has not been documented on the site. It’s an opportune moment to catch up to speed and share work from when the world did not know of the deadly COVID virus.
The session was organized on 6th March 2019 with the support of Bal Aarogya in a community center, offering a safe, ventilated, and well-lit hall for the interaction amidst women. The session used the medium of placards with bright contextual images supported with font in Hindi describing the essence of periods. 30 medical-grade silicone cups were also distributed to take care of her feminine hygiene need for the next few years sustainably. A model of the reproductive system is also used through these sessions to introduce physiology as well as explain the usage of the menstrual cup. The last leg of the session was dedicated to watching a specially created video on yog asanas and simple home remedies to address common ailments experienced through the period.
The session is designed to cater to the specific target audience. The 120-minute module is divided into 3 parts such that it covers most aspects of feminine hygiene. Over the years, however, the feedback from the beneficiaries has become the most important part of the workshop. Almost 60 minutes are now dedicated to exchanging notes and addressing questions so that was also the case in Trilokpuri.
If you are working with communities that can benefit from these sessions do connect us and we would be happy to conduct a session albeit virtually now given the pandemic. You can write to us at womanendangered@gmail or suparnaa@simplysuparnaa.com and lets get talking about PERIODS !
