Nupur and Shanti is adolescent girls with hearing Impaired and they are one of the most vulnerable. They are not communicate with speech but can with gesture and local sign . She lives in Dhigheer par village Dewangonj upazilla under Jamalpur District ,Bangladesh. Always they are looked down upon, neglected and deprived of most of their basic human rights. Their father is poor man and work with others.
Menstruation is a biological process in women. But this is a big social taboo in our area. They are bound with social and family’s restrictions such as:- not touching her essential materials , barrier doing home work , not publicly discuss about this issue during her menstruation period.
Organization co workers are Provide the basic knowledge and aware to her menstruation hygiene. Before they cannot manage her menstruation properly now they are received sanitary napkin and aware on menstruation period and manages her personnel hygienic. Now they are happy and grateful to Global giving foundation for support her menstruation hygienic materials and wants to continue. Now enjoying fulfills life independently. Use of Sanitary napkins will help them to remain healthy. Free from infections, more confident positively. Enhanced knowledge on menstruation will enlighten them against malpractices during menstruation.
In our working areas most of the girls and women with Disabilities still use old and dirty cloth pieces during their menstruation periods and these cloths dry in behind and due to lack of menstrual hygiene awareness and difficult access of sanitary pads in rural places. Adolescent girls with disabilities in the rural areas don’t management due to their habit and have no knowledge menstrual process and reproductive health.
If we are collectively given support provide sanitary napkins, prepare & distribute hand book on information about menstruation , Provide orientation personnel hygienic, counseling any problems on menstruation and reproductive health to adolescent girls and women with disabilities on Personnel hygienic in order to make them physically and emotionally capable to lead a successful life. Overall health and gender empowerment would be ensured to create a healthier society. So we are apologies to donors for support to them continuously and others and we hope and believe comes to support us with girls and women with disabilities protecting and empower.
Mr.Rafiqul Islam
Partner, Proships
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