Promise of a cycle initiative has provided free sanitary pad kits (reusable pads which lasts for 3 years) to girls in the rural areas. It also launched a sms campaign in Nepal through which women and girls will now have access to information about menstruation, hygiene and the taboos they face in everyday life. We are working on a sms campaign where women and girls will get valuable information without being embarrassed and shamed. School girls who have phones will also get information they need so they will be prepared for their 1st period. Having access to information at the tip of their fingers and talking about it will also ‘normalize’ periods and can help end the menstrual taboos. The target audience is women in the villages and school girls all over nepal. We are working with schools from August 2018 to spread awareness about the sms platform people now have access to know about menstruation which is still a topic of shame and taboo. Through the sms platform, men and boys will also have access to information to what menstruation really is and what barriers girls face. This will help end the restrictions women and girls face everyday. We have also organized education and awareness programs for 130 students on health, sanitation and fighting menstrual taboos.

https://www.promiseofacycle.org

• Nepal (Republic of)

• Women

EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS THROUGH MOBILE TECHNOLOGY