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केले के फ़ाइबर से बने सैनिटरी पैड्स क्यों हैं बेहद ख़ास?

पर्यावरण के लिए भी फ़ायदेमंद बताए जा रहे ये पैड कैसे बनते हैं? जानिए, इस वीडियो के ज़रिए. वीडियो सुशीला सिंह और दीपक जसरोटिया

NITI Aayog honour for Kerala's Anju Bist - pad-woman of India

Anju and her team are the first in the world to make reusable menstrual pads from banana fibre, which comes from agro-waste.

Women brand making sanitary pads from banana fibre gets best social initiative award

A women’s intimate hygiene brand using banana fibre as an absorbant to make sanitary pads has been awarded the...

Reusable Sanitary Pads of Organic Matter of Any Help?

Menstrual educators and experts discuss about sustainable menstrual hygiene with reusable sanitary pads on account of Menstrual Hygiene Day.

Meet 3 extraordinary women leading the menstrual health and hygiene movement in the South

On Menstural Hygiene Day, South First speaks to three women from South India breaking taboos, empowering communities, and inspiring change.

Pad Protagonists of Green and Hygiene

The Amrita Self Reliant Village project in Kerala comes up with sanitary pads made of banana fibre that can be reused for three years.

Partnership with Pad-Woman of India for CSR initiative

Lumina Datamatics, announced its collaboration with Saukhyam and Anju Bist, popularly known as the Pad-woman of India

These reusable sanitary pads made out of banana fibres offer an affordable alternative to women in rural India

Saukhyam is a sustainable menstrual hygiene product that allows women to be comfortable during...

Bleed Red, Bleed Green

On the occasion of World Environment Day, meet Anju ‘Pad Woman’ Bist, who is promoting sustainable menstruation through cloth pads.

केले के रेशे बनने वाले सैनिटरी पैड बचाएंगे पर्यवरण

World Menstrual Hygiene Day: Covid and lockdown making periods 'greener'

Being home, free of the worry of staining and reduced discomfort, and the sudden awareness of the broken relationship with nature that Covid-19...

MENSTRUAL HYGIENE: REUSABLE SANITARY PADS FOR ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS

Stress on use of reusable sanitary pads

The speakers also said how India had an ISO standard for reusable sanitary pads and their use was gaining acceptance across the world.

Reusable pads essential to make menstrual hygiene sustainable for all women and girls

Educated and informed young women are switching to reusable products, not only due to environmental...

In rural areas these days, women and girls aspire to have a better product for menstrual hygiene. More than 200,000 women and girls have made the shift both in India and internationally to Saukhyam reusable pads

Considering the immense non-biodegradable waste generated by disposable sanitary pads every month, sustainable menstrual hygiene in India...

Concern for environment, health and cost are decisive factors in the preference for banana fibre pads says the study conducted by Amrita University

Considering the immense non-biodegradable waste generated by disposable sanitary pads every month, sustainable menstrual hygiene in India...

This Kerala NGO has developed low-cost, eco-friendly cloth pads for rural women

Reusable menstrual pads is clearly an idea whose time has come

Saukhyam Reusable Pads are the first ones in the world to be made from banana fiber, which is a naturally occurring absorbent material

Sustainable menstrual hygiene in India can be achieved only with reusable pads made of organic material.

Women and girls aspire to have a better product for menstrual hygiene by shifting to reusable sanitary pads, evident from the fact that more than 200,000 women and girls have made the shift both in India and internationally to Saukhyam reusable pads

If every woman and girl of menstruating age in India were to use disposable pads, 38,500,000,000 used...

Reusable pads essential to make menstrual hygiene sustainable for all women and girls

This Kerala NGO has developed low-cost, eco-friendly cloth pads for rural women

This Kerala NGO’s Cloth Pads Are Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly, and Generate Employment Too!

अंजू को पर्यावरण और महिला दोनों की चिंता है

These reusable sanitary pads made of banana fibre are helping women have an eco-friendly period

These women conduct awareness workshops that serve as the focal point for distribution and sales.

केले के फाइबर से बने ये रीयूजेबल सैनिटरी पैड्स हैं आपके लिए ज्‍यादा साफ-सुथरा ईको फ्रेंडली विकल्‍प

भले ही बाजार सैनिटरी पैड्स से भरा हुआ है, लेकिन उनमें से अधिकांश पर्यावरण प्रदूषण का कारण हैं। जबकि सौख्यम रीयूजेबल पैड्स, कृषि अपशिष्ट से बने हैं और इनका दोबारा इस्‍तेमाल किया जा सकता है।

These reusable sanitary pads made of banana fibre are helping women have an eco-friendly period

Now, Make Sustainable Menstrual Choices with Saukhyam Pads

बाजार में आ गए हैं धोकर इस्तेमाल करने वाले सेनेटरी पैड्स, एक बार खरीदो 4 साल की छुट्टी

Don’t Throw in the Towel: On Saukhyam Reusable Sanitary Pads

Four Ways to An Eco-Friendly Period

Saukhyam provides reusable pads made of cotton and banana fiber. The inserts are detachable and are stuffed with banana fibre that absorbs the menstrual blood.

Sustainable Switch

The pads are the initiative of Amrita SeRVe (Self Reliant Village) project of Mata Amritanandamayi Math. The aim is not only to prevent an environmental catastrophe but also provide employment to rural women.

Youngsters are willing to switch over to reusable pads: Anju Bist

Wash & Wear

Time to Go Green. Period!

Ban Those Taboos, Period!

Pad Positive: Towards a Sustainable Alternative

“Since today’s youth are more environmentally aware, it is necessary that we start talking to them early on all the facets of menstruation,” says Bist.

There is a reusable pad in the market that’s made with banana fiber and cotton cloth. Here's all you need to know.

The project prevents an environmental catastrophe and gives each and every woman of India an easy access to sanitary napkins.

Move over padman, this padwoman strives to make environment-friendly sanitary napkins

Padding Up a Sustainable Solution

अब भोपाल हाट में भी मिलेंगे केले के रेशों से बने सौख्यम पैड

How Saukhyam Is Quietly Winning the War on Menstrual Waste in India

Anju Bist Named Among India's 50 Most Powerful Women in Social Impact

The founder of Saukhyam reusable pads, Anju Bist, has been recognised for her decade-long effort to bring dignity and sustainability to menstrual hygiene in rural India.

Saukhyam Pads Win United Nations Recognition for Sustainable Innovation

The United Nations has acknowledged Saukhyam's banana-fibre reusable pads as a breakthrough sustainable model, calling it a rare example of technology, ecology, and women's empowerment converging.

सौख्यम पैड्स को मिला राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण विकास पुरस्कार

From Agro-Waste to Absorbent: The Science Powering Saukhyam

Menstrual Equity Is a Climate Issue — and Saukhyam Gets It

महिला स्वयं सहायता समूहों की नई उड़ान: सौख्यम पैड्स से मिली आर्थिक आज़ादी

How a Kerala Initiative Is Turning Banana Waste into Women's Wellness

Every year, Indian banana farms discard thousands of tonnes of pseudostem. Saukhyam converts that agricultural by-product into a hygienic, affordable pad that lasts up to three years — a circular economy in practice.

Girls Stay in School Because of Saukhyam — Principals Speak Out

School attendance data from three districts in Rajasthan shows a marked increase in menstruating girls' presence after Saukhyam starter kits were distributed, confirming the link between period products and education.

सौख्यम की केरल उत्पादन इकाई: जहाँ महिलाएं बनाती हैं पर्यावरण का भविष्य

The Pad Woman of India Wants to Make Periods Plastic-Free by 2030

Saukhyam's HEAL Programme: Where Wellness Meets Menstrual Justice

रीयूजेबल पैड्स: एक खरीद, तीन साल की बचत — सौख्यम की अर्थनीति

Saukhyam Is What Grassroots Innovation Looks Like When It Works

India's development story is full of top-down schemes that never reach the last mile. Saukhyam is the rare exception — a bottom-up model that began in one village and now operates across 12 states.

सौख्यम पैड्स अब 12 राज्यों में उपलब्ध, ग्रामीण महिलाओं के लिए वरदान

केरल से शुरू हुई यह पहल अब उत्तर प्रदेश, राजस्थान, महाराष्ट्र, मध्य प्रदेश और पूर्वोत्तर भारत तक फैल चुकी है। सौख्यम के उपग्रह केंद्र अब देशभर में फैले हुए हैं।

Corporate India Discovers Saukhyam: CSR Partnerships Multiply Across Sectors

Saukhyam at G20 Sherpa Track: Reusable Pads Put on the Global Sustainability Agenda

When Amma Asked a Question, a Movement Was Born — The Saukhyam Origin Story

सौख्यम और खेल की दुनिया: महिला खिलाड़ियों के लिए बेहतर विकल्प

Saukhyam Shows Menstrual Products Can Be Both Affordable and Sustainable

The false binary between eco-friendly and affordable is shattered by Saukhyam. At Rs 350 for a three-year supply, the brand proves that sustainable menstrual care is not a luxury — it is the most economical choice available.