Event Organised for: All the first year degree students (girls)
Organised by: The Health Club - 'Swasthya'
Date: 18-12-2021
Time: 9:00 am -11:00 am
No of Participants: 200
Objectives:
1.To spread awareness about feminine health and hygiene.
2.To convert people towards sustainable living.
Learning outcome:
1.Prevention is better that cure from women health perspective.
2.Spreading the word on sustainable life style.
Resource Person:Ms. Smita Kulkarni- (Environment Activist turned Entrepreneur.

Report on an Interactive Session on Women Health and Hygiene
Conducted by The Health Club-Swasthya on 18-12-2021
Health Club – Swasthya, conducted an offline interactive talk on “Feminine Hygiene and Green Periods”, on 17 December, 2021 at 9:00 am -11:00 am in the seminar hall for second and final year girls, of all courses.
Keeping in mind the objective of promoting health and hygiene as a part of everyday lifestyle and to convert students towards sustainable living with a view to instil a sense of responsibility towards protecting and saving environment, Health club took a vanguard step towards this goal.
The event was organised and conducted under the stewardship of Dr.Prachi Tripati, Health Club coordinator, Ms.Shirisha Balagam, Manjula Deshpande and Ms.Amrutha were the convenors of the webinar.

Ms.Smita Kulkarni, is an environmentalist, activist turned entrepreneur. She is one of the founding members of Bangalore Eco Team- that is a congregation of city wide volunteers working on Solid Waste Management initiatives. She spoke about women health issues and stressed on the need to spread awareness on sustainable menstruation. She is also the co-founder of stone soup a social enterprise offering sustainable alternatives. She is the Solid Waste Management chairperson for the District Environment Committee for 2021-2022.She is also an active member of Rotary Action Group for Menstrual Hygiene Management.

The Program was conducted as an offline Interactive talk, where in the girls had a lively interactive discussion after the presentation. Health Club took the initiative in conducting three talk sessions on 17 th December and 18th December 2021. All the first, second and third year students were introduced to the benefits of Health and Hygiene and the need for sustainable menstrual hygiene.
The initiative taken by the Health Club helped the students ( girls), Faculty members and non- teaching staff to ask questions related to health, hygiene and green periods.

Ms.Smita Kulkari, the resource person had shown few videos and PPT on sustainable Menstrual hygiene on how to insert and remove Menstrual cups, on the need to start using reusable cloth pads. She had got few Menstral cups and Cotton, handmade, safe and environment friendly pads made by the women of stone soup petals ventures; which are said to be cost effective, rash free, safe and long lasting.

Few teachers and students who had already used menstrual cups shared their experience regarding the same and they declared themselves as proud cupverts.
Positive feedback was received from the participants. Participants had expressed their interest in participating in more of such events in the near future and in buying and using Menstrual cups and cotton cloth pads.