2023
2023
Breaking Taboos in
Health and Hygiene
Breaking Taboos in
Health and Hygiene
The Breaking Taboos in Health and Hygiene project by The Suniti Solomon Foundation, in partnership with the German Consulate and SOCHARA, aims to challenge and change deep-rooted social taboos around reproductive health.
This initiative reaches both urban and rural communities, empowering adolescents and women to make informed choices for their health and well-being. Through interactive workshops and community training sessions, the program helps girls understand menstrual hygiene and confidently choose suitable menstrual products. It also engages boys in open conversations to dismantle stigma and promote gender-inclusive awareness.
By creating safe spaces for dialogue and learning, the project builds a healthier, more informed generation, one that views menstruation as natural, normal, and worthy of respect.
The Breaking Taboos in Health and Hygiene project by The Suniti Solomon Foundation, in partnership with the German Consulate and SOCHARA, aims to challenge and change deep-rooted social taboos around reproductive health.
This initiative reaches both urban and rural communities, empowering adolescents and women to make informed choices for their health and well-being. Through interactive workshops and community training sessions, the program helps girls understand menstrual hygiene and confidently choose suitable menstrual products. It also engages boys in open conversations to dismantle stigma and promote gender-inclusive awareness.
By creating safe spaces for dialogue and learning, the project builds a healthier, more informed generation, one that views menstruation as natural, normal, and worthy of respect.
How We Do It
To break health taboos and promote menstrual wellness, our programs follow a holistic approach built on education, engagement, and community empowerment.
To break health taboos and promote menstrual wellness, our programs follow a holistic approach built on education, engagement, and community empowerment.
Empowering through Education
Empowering through Education
Empowering through Education
Interactive workshops teach adolescents and women about menstrual hygiene and reproductive health, giving them the confidence to make informed choices.
Interactive workshops teach adolescents and women about menstrual hygiene and reproductive health, giving them the confidence to make informed choices.
Interactive workshops teach adolescents and women about menstrual hygiene and reproductive health, giving them the confidence to make informed choices.
Engaging Boys as Allies
Engaging Boys as Allies
Engaging Boys as Allies
Boys join the conversation to break stigma, promote understanding, and share responsibility for menstrual health.
Boys join the conversation to break stigma, promote understanding, and share responsibility for menstrual health.
Boys join the conversation to break stigma, promote understanding, and share responsibility for menstrual health.
Training Change-Makers
Training Change-Makers
Training Change-Makers
Community educators and health workers are equipped to sustain awareness and support within their neighborhoods.
Community educators and health workers are equipped to sustain awareness and support within their neighborhoods.
Community educators and health workers are equipped to sustain awareness and support within their neighborhoods.
Inclusive Urban–Rural Reach
Inclusive Urban–Rural Reach
Inclusive Urban–Rural Reach
Programs reach both cities and villages, ensuring all communities have access to knowledge and dignity in health practices.
Programs reach both cities and villages, ensuring all communities have access to knowledge and dignity in health practices.
Programs reach both cities and villages, ensuring all communities have access to knowledge and dignity in health practices.
What We Stand For?
Voices of Impact
I love teaching others about menstrual hygiene, it makes me feel proud and useful.
Community Health Worker
– Anurag
I used to feel embarrassed about periods, but now I know it’s normal and nothing to be ashamed of.
Student
- Riya
I didn’t know I could actually help my friends understand menstrual hygiene. Now I do.
Student
– Rohan
I used to worry every month about how my daughter would manage her periods. After the workshops, she talks to me openly, makes her own choices, and I feel proud that she knows her health matters.
Mother of 15 year old girl
- Sunita
