Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Free Sanitary Pads For Class 6-12 Girls
NDTV
The petitioner said that serious difficulty is faced by adolescent females between the ages of 11 and 18 years coming from poor backgrounds.
A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking to issue directions to governments to provide free sanitary pads to girls studying in Classes 6 to 12.
The plea has been moved by Jaya Thakur through advocates Varinder Kumar Sharma and Varun Thakur.
The petitioner said that serious difficulty is faced by adolescent females between the ages of 11 and 18 years coming from poor backgrounds. "These are adolescent females who are not equipped with and are also not educated by the parents about menstruation and menstrual hygiene. The deprived economic status and illiteracy leads to prevalence of unhygienic and unhealthy practices which has serious health consequences; increases obstinacy and leads to eventual dropping out from schools," the petitioner said.
Henceforth, in the plea, the petitioner has sought to issue directions to provide the separate girl toilet in all Government, Aided and residential schools and to issue directions to provide one cleaner in all Government, Aided and residential schools to clean the toilets.
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