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Menstrual Talk Event Season III - 2024

  • The picture contains the banner of the event along with the logo at the top and the name of the event and event details.
  • One of our project member Garima Shakya is registering a female who came to check-up during the health camp.
  • Doctor is counseling a girl student. A teacher and a girl child is also observed standing at the background.
  • A nurse is checking the pressure of a female student. Project Member Khushi Subedi is recording the medical details.
  • A group of male students with visual disabilities in the workshop are touching the accessible 3D model of internal female reproductive system and our project member Sambek Shahi is supporting them.
  • A group of female students with visual disabilities in the workshop are touching the accessible 3D model of internal female reproductive system and our project member Sanskriti Ghimire is supporting them.
  • Project member Romee Jijicha Sunuwar is demonstrating a tempone by dipping it in a glass of water to the girl students with visual disabilities. An accessible 3D model of external female reproductive organ is also seen in the ground.
  • A group of male students with visual disabilities are learning the correct way of placing a pad on an innerwear and a volunteer is supporting them.
  • A group picture of 4 female students with visual disabilities and 3 of the project members who are holding both the accessible 3D models of inner and external female reproductive system. In the background other groups of the workshops are also observed.
  • A group picture of female students with visual disabilities and project members who are holding the accessible 3D models of inner and external female reproductive system.
On 31st May, 2024, Chain For Change collaborated with Family Planning Association of Nepal (Valley Branch) to carry out Menstrual Talk Event Season III at Laboratory Secondary School, Kirtipur, Kathmandu. 14 students with visual disabilities of different age and gender participated in an orientation event to understand about menstruation and hygiene using accessible 3D models of both internal and external female reproductive organs.

The session was led by Sanjiya Shrestha Cofounder & Treasurer of CFC who also has experience of working as SRHR advocator and counselor at FPAN Valley Branch. In this event, female students with visual disabilities who are about to or just experiencing menstruation learned how to take care and maintain proper hygiene during these phase. They also got chance to explore different menstrual products like pads, tampons and menstrual cups. Even male students with visual disabilities got to understand the process of menstruation, different types of menstrual product and how to support someone menstruating in that stage.

Likewise, this season also had set up health camp in collaboration with FPAN valley branch. More than, 60 teaching and non teaching staffs, students and their parents of Laboratory Secondary School, took benefit of many Sexual and Reproductive services along with other lab facilities.

Menstrual Talk Campaign - 2021

On the second year of Menstrual Talk Campaign i.e. 28th May, 2021, Chain For Change published an audio drama written by Ms. Sanjiya Shrestha (Co-founder and Treasurer of CFC) where persons with visual disabilities acted. It is a story about three female friends having casual conversation on menstrual problem, hygiene and products that they use and depicts how male members and friends can support their female members during their period with right intervention.

In the first year of Menstrual Talk Campaign - 2020, CFC organized online panel discussion where menstrual challenges and experiences of LGBTIQ community and females with disabilities were highlighted. Also, a social media campaign was conducted which reached more than 30,000 people that year.

Likewise, an Instagram challenge was also carried out as to support the Menstrual Talk campaign - 2021. Alike the previous year, same social message i.e. 'BREAK THE SILENCE OF SECRET SECRETION'was spread. Five individuals submitting their creative art were rewarded.

Audio Drama:

Menstrual Talk Campaign - 2020

  • This is the picture of all 34 participants who took part in the photo contest organized during the Menstrual Talk Campaign 2020.
Chain For Change conducted online discussion event 'Menstrual Talk' to 40 and more participants with and without disability from all age, gender and background for two days i.e. 28th May, 2020 and 30th May, 2020 via Zoom application. Ms. Sanjiya Shrestha (Treasurer of CFC/Peer-educator and Youth champion of Family Planning Association of Nepal) gave presentation on 'Menstruation and hygiene'. Three registered nurses Mrs. Bishu Subba Aale, Ms. Sweta Paudel and Ms. Manisha Nagarkoti, served as an medical experts to address the queries of at hand participants during both the sessions.

Sudeep Gautam (President of Unity For Change/Program officer of Blue Diamond Society) shared how transman face menstruation and how society view them. Gautam also clarified that not only heterosexual females menstruate but, there are also homosexual women, transgender men and bisexual women who experience this monthly cycle. Ms. Sristi KC (Founder and Director of Blind Rocks) stated that Even disability in a person has no connection to this natural process and believes that biologically females with or without disability have menstruation.

Menstrual Talk photo contest was also organized during the campaign where 34 participants from all age, gender and background with and without disability played a part to spread our social message 'BREAK THE SILENCE OF SECRET SECRETION' herd to 30,000 and more people. Top 5 participants receiving higher votes were rewarded.

Menstrual Talk Campaign - 2020-2021

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