Women's Health: Here's an in-depth look into the health risks of sanitary products and what can be done to mitigate them.

Started in Auroville, Pondicherry in 2010, by Kathy and Jessaminjh, EcoFemme makes cloth pads that are good for women's bodies and also for the Earth

NGO Samajbandh works with middle-class, lower-middle-class and Adivasi or tribal women on menstrual health and education

Sachin, the founder of the NGO 'Samajbandh' in Pune urges people to donate their old clothes through social media.

When her monthly period comes, 17-year-old Maria Chaodza dismantles a home-made pillowcase and picks out pieces of its worn stuffing - an old, cloth rug - which she uses in place of the sanitary pad she cannot afford.

Organic cotton, banana or jute fibre and even old clothes are now among the alternatives of sanitary pads, but are not completely accessible as yet.

Sanitary napkins and tampons are not only harmful to the environment, they are harmful to you too.

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