Srinagar: Helping women in the Valley, a Kashmiri woman, Irfana Zargar, is placing sanitary kits in public washrooms of Srinagar as part of a menstrual hygiene ccampaign.
Irfana installed a home-made Eva Safety Door sanitary napkin kit for women and young girls in the public washrooms which lack such facilities for the ladies.The sanitary kit provided by her includes sanitisers, baby diapers and wet tissues along with the sanitary pads.“At first, I started this initiative in my society and placed sanitary kits in 15 washrooms. My aim was to make Kashmiri women feel secure and confident whenever they travel outside and never feel helpless,” Irfana told.
Irfana Zargar, who is a working employee and manages the expense of the sanitary kits from her own pocket to help others who may be deprived of these facilities, started the initiative ahead of the lockdown. She even continued it in the middle of the lockdown.“During the lockdown, I started ‘door-to-door’ delivery of these sanitary kits to provide a hygienic menstrual experience to all the women in the valley,” she told. Meraj-u-din Ahmad, a Srinagar Municipal Corporation employee, appreciated the initiative started by the woman.
