More than environmental friendly! Cloth sanitary napkin is a key to female empowerment!

The list of BBC 100 Women has been announced recently. Lin Nien-Tzu, coming from Taiwan, is one of the Asian women on the list. She is a founder of Dharti Mata Sustainable Workshop, which aims to provide local women clean and affordable cloth sanitary napkins. Local women are empowered by working in the workshop.

Though being cursed during period
“When I first came to Nepal in 2009, I found out that the people who spoke to me were all men, such as school principals, social workers and teachers … Then I really wanted to know what the women in the villages were thinking about. Then I found that their menstrual education was not enough and some girls even felt that they had been cursed or had no suitable menstrual supplies. “

At the beginning of 2010, Lin Nien-Tzu talked with the women in the local communities and share their menstrual experiences. The women started to learn more their bodies. “Once we had to discuss the topic seriously, they couldn’t stop and kept asking me questions!” She laughed.

Colourful cloth sanitary napkins make changes
Later, Lin Nien-Tzu taught the women to hand-make cloth sanitary napkins. One of the members shared that, “This is not a new thing, but a whole new idea.” The reason is that before we use disposable sanitary napkins, girls were using rags to make the sanitary napkins. But nowadays cloth sanitary napkins become advanced version, with wings and buttons, etc.

The women who had been involved in the workshops wanted to share with many people and asked for a purchase there so that Lin Nien-Tzu started her business. Before establishment, she interviewed more than 100 women for market research. “I happened to meet a woman and asked her some questions. Then I realized that their favorite cotton napkins were pink, red and orange … the color they hate most is white!”

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