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Access to and awareness of safe MHM menstrual hygiene products end up polluting
practices help build confidence in girls and young soil in open fields or water sources, harming the
women to think, discuss and act about their environment and impacting community health.
health and well-being. MHM awareness aids a Awareness and practice of safe MHM-related
young woman with useful information and tools product disposal can help improve overall health
to make the right choice for her overall health and well-being of all community members.
and body. MHM education at the school-going All stakeholders should aim to fully
age plays a vital role in shaping future women eradicate unsafe menstrual hygiene practices
into individuals with higher autonomy over their in India. All stakeholders will need to adopt
reproductive health. actions and programmes focused on dispelling
myths, ending archaic menstruation practices
iv) improved community living and improving availability and access of
Sanitary pads, by virtue of being disposable menstrual hygiene products to achieve the
and non-compostable, also have an extremely 100% goal.
damaging impact on the environment within Please refer to the last chapter of this report for a
which they are eventually disposed. Often, used further discussion on adoption of this goal.

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