P&G WHISPER & UNESCO COLLABORATES TO LAUNCH SPOTLIGHT RED- MENSTRUAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE CAMPAIGN IN MUMBAI
~Actress Disha Parmar unveiled the teaching-learning modules that offer comprehensive resources and strategies on period and puberty education for learners, educators, menstruators, and community leaders~ Mumbai June 30 th , 2023: 1 out of 5 girls in India drop out of school due to lack of period education and products. Mothers are a girl’s first teacher, but reports say 7 out of 10 mothers do not fully understand the science of periods and find it ‘dirty or impure’. Whisper, over the last 30 years, have been driving menstrual education, distributing free pads, and debunking period related myths and taboos. They have educated and given pads to more than 10 crore girls and mothers in India. To address menstrual education and hygiene management further, P&G Whisper and UNESCO India joined forces to raise awareness, particularly among women, including young girls attending school. An event was organized at Chetana Institute of Management & Research introducing five teaching-le