In an environment where it has become common for women to be an integral part of the workforce, it is common for menstruating women to suffer without a pad in their workplace. This is particularly the situation female constables find themselves in when on security duty. Keeping this in mind, a project to help female constables has been launched in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district.
The project aims to make sanitary pads available to on-duty women constables at the low cost of ₹5. The pads can be bought by the personnel from a vending machine at the police station. The project aims to install sanitary pad vending machines in all police stations in the district.
The move is being welcomed by the female police officers.
There already are sanitary napkin vending machines that can be accessed at any public toilet or mobile toilet.
However, this initiative is aimed at ensuring easy availability of pads for women police personnel at their workplace.
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