The Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL), through its Bhubaneswar Socially Smart Programme, for the first time included boys in the observance of the Menstrual Hygiene Day on Tuesday.
As the boys of today would be the fathers of tomorrow, the inclusion of boys in the programme would be immensely helpful as the fathers also have an important role in ensuring better menstrual hygiene along with the mothers, said speakers.
Bhubaneswar Socially Smart Programme is a flagship initiative of the BSCL in association with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) through which social awareness and leadership qualities among youths, adolescent girls and women are developed.
The BSCL-UNFPA programme is now being undertaken in 100 slums across the city in association with implementing partner Humara Bachpan.