Managing the menstrual hygiene, a problem in rural, peri-urban and sub-urban areas in India

It is observed that around 1.8 billion people across the globe menstruate every month (https://www.unicef.org/ wash/menstrual-hygiene 29.05.2023). In India, especially in rural and peri-urban areas or in slums while menstruating, women face problems such as cultural taboos, lack of basic services like toilets and menstruating health hygiene and many more. The paper highlights the problems faced by women in low- and middle-income societies. The assessment includes interviewing women across 7 states (spread across east, west, north, south and central part of India) including the states of Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajsthan and Uttar Pradesh focussing on (a) products or material used by them (b) problems faced by them related to health (c) ways of disposing (d) other problems related to their performance. Studying about Super-absorbent Polymer, oxo-biodegradable plastic with the objective of proposing economical sanitary napkins for the women with reduced prices to about 70% to 85%. The paper also discusses, redefining the social system in rural and peri-urban India towards a healthy lifestyle which is affordable.