Investing in period positive schools

Schools need to build changing facilities with hand washing stations and disposal bins.

In many Nepali communities, menstruation in and as a social context is considered “impure”, and women are mostly not allowed to stay with the family when they are menstruating. Among some rural communities, chhaupadi is a common practice, where women are banished to live in isolated sheds when they are menstruating. With roots deeply entrenched in a culture that encourages regressive and inhumane practices, it can be difficult to recognise menstrual shame. Addressing it is an impossible challenge, especially for a student with limited knowledge about the taboo, and in most cases, is barely taught anything significant about it in the classroom.