Raipur District Collector Dr Basavaraju S said Women Self-Help Groups, teachers, cleanliness supporters, anganbadi workers and mitanins can play a lead role in creating awareness among rural women on menstruation and hygiene.
Efforts are required to break the taboos, restrictions and problems faced by women and girls and for these different activities have to be organised, he said.
He along with Chief Executive Officer Dr Gaurav Kumar Singh was addressing the workshop organised at Red Cross conference hall, Raipur Collectorate on Tuesday on the occasion of ‘World Menstrual Hygiene Day’.
To create awareness among the women and girls, across the state, different events are being organised at district level from May 27 to 29, 2019.
Collector said monthly periods is a life cycle of a woman. The departmental officials and employees should conduct door-to-door contact programme in rural areas and interact with people on the issue to counter the local traditions, restrictions and superstitions, which create problem for women.
Workshop specialist Dr Kalpana Sukhdev, Anupama Tiwari and others spoke on different aspects of menstruation, various taboos associated with it and how to eliminate them by creating awareness.