Cups4Change
It aims towards advocating for safe and sustainable menstrual hygiene practices and destigmatizing conversations around menstruation.
The project targeted the following Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action and SDG 17 - Partnership for the goals.
The unsafe disposal of menstrual blood absorbed in homemade cloth pads and in sanitary pads, by the womenfolk of developing as well as developed countries cause huge environmental menace.
The uncomfortable monthly practice, disposal of pads and decomposition of menstrual blood in the open cause great harm to the environment and it’s occupants.
It’s a mega problem every month and has to be addressed by one and all, at individual level and at govt level.
Considered to be an eco-friendly alternative to sanitary napkins and tampons, menstrual cups are relatively inexpensive and also safe to use. Recently, menstrual cups have been found to be as unlikely to leak as sanitary napkins and tampons and also as safe as these two.
The CUPS4CHANGE includes the advantages of using the Menstrual Cup, uses of Period blood and caring for the environment by not using tampons / sanitary pads.
Considered to be an eco-friendly alternative to sanitary napkins and tampons, menstrual cups are relatively inexpensive and also safe to use. Recently, menstrual cups have been found to be as unlikely to leak as sanitary napkins and tampons and also as safe as these two.
A menstrual cup is a type of reusable feminine hygiene product. It’s a small, flexible funnel-shaped cup made of rubber or silicone that you insert into your vagina to catch and collect period fluid.
Cups can hold more blood than other methods, leading many women to use them as an eco-friendly alternative to tampons. And depending on your flow, you can wear a cup for up to 12 hours.
Available brands of reusable cups include the Keeper Cup, Moon Cup, Lunette Menstrual Cup, DivaCup, Lena Cup, and Lily Cup. There are also a few disposable menstrual cups on the market, such as the Instead Softcup.
Many women choose to use menstrual cups because:
- They’re budget friendly. You pay a one-time price for a reusable menstrual cup, unlike tampons or pads, which have to be continually bought and can cost upward of $100 a year.
- Menstrual cups are safer. Because menstrual cups collect rather than absorb blood, you’re not at risk of getting toxic shock syndrome (TSS), a rare bacterial infection associated with tampon use.
- Menstrual cups hold more blood. A menstrual cup can hold about one to two ounces of menstrual flow. Tampons, on the other hand, can only hold up to a third of an ounce.
- They’re eco-friendly. Reusable menstrual cups can last a long time, which means you’re not contributing more waste to the environment.
- You can have sex. Most reusable cups need to be taken out before you have sex, but the soft disposable ones can stay in while you get intimate. Not only will your partner not feel the cup, you also won’t have to worry about leaks.
- You can wear a cup with an IUD. Some companies claim a menstrual cup could dislodge an IUD, but a 2012 studyTrusted Sourcedebunked that belief. If you’re concerned, though, check with your doctor about using a menstrual cup.
The Cups4Change team is enthusiastic about expanding their project further by collaborating with like minded organizations and will continue to advocate for safe and sustainable menstrual hygiene practices.
For more, one can contact me at rakeshscdc@gmail.com
- Enable young people’s meaningful participation in SRHR cross-sector collaboration, including but not limited to fields such as legal, policy and advocacy.
- Qatar
- Pilot: An organization testing a product, service, or business model with a small number of users
The poor in general, the school support staff in particular
The project targeted the following Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action and SDG 17 - Partnership for the goals.
In the developing countries, the females of the poor families do not have money to buy sanitary napkins and so use reusable clothes to absorb menstrual blood and cause unintentional disease to themselves. Also if they dispose these ‘pads’, they cause environmental ‘nuisance’. Moreover the females all over the world, use disposable sanitary napkins whose disposal cause environmental hazard.
So our project CUPS4CHANGE targets safe disposal of menstrual blood which can be reused for obtaining stem cells etc, besides preventing environmental pollution.
- Qatar
- Not registered as any organization
25
2 years
To include people of diverse backgrounds like religion, language, class and gender
presently it is in the school/college level, but we expect to widen its domain and include people of age group 18 to 35 years
- Individual consumers or stakeholders (B2C)
We seek patronage and sponsorship from like minded people and organizations world wide