Migrant Women ‘Bleed’ In Unhygienic Conditions & It’s Disastrous

'...15-year-old Babita is from Jhansi. She came to Phalodi for work, but this unprecedented lockdown has her hustling for the most basic of needs. She got her periods five days ago, and is using ash smeared on pieces of cloth she’s tearing from the three sets of clothes she had. She said, “Bahar sote hain, baarish hoti hai tab bhi, kapde dhoke vahi pehen rahi hun.” (We sleep outside even when it rains, I wash the clothes when the blood leaks, so I can wear the same clothes again.)... During the lockdown, official notice of essential services and goods was only recently extended to incorporate sanitary napkin processing. However, accessibility problems that young girls encounter — given the restricted supply of goods and their accessibility restrictions — are still being neglected...'

[Full article on The Quint.]