Kashmir's Irfana Zargar Is Providing Free Sanitary Napkins To Needy Amid Lockdown
Irfana Zargar is distributing free sanitary napkins to girls and women in Srinagar and nearby villages in the Kashmir valley. Due to the coronavirus lockdown women in Kashmir were facing problems in getting their hands on sanitaryNapkins due to their free movement and closure of markets.
While several people have come forward to help those in need amid the lockdown, a woman from the Kashmir Valley is providing sanitary napkins to women and young girls who have limited means.
Irfana Zargar is distributing free sanitary napkins to girls and women in Srinagar and nearby villages in the Kashmir valley.
Due to the coronavirus lockdown, women in Kashmir were facing problems in getting their hands on sanitary napkins due to their free movement and closure of markets.
With most establishments downing their shutters in light of the COVID-19 lockdown, many had lost access to essentials, including hygiene products. However, Irfana Zargar came to the rescue of 5000 underprivileged women in the Srinagar district, by providing them sanitary napkins. pic.twitter.com/udICOVEbMZ
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Under an initiative called ''Eva Safety Kit'', Irfana Zargar decided to do something for women and she dedicated the initiative to her late and beloved father, Ghulam Hassan Zargar.
She has distributed menstrual kits in around 15 washrooms around Srinagar which are available at free of cost.
"I started this concept in the washrooms first, when it came to my mind, I wanted to cover 15 washrooms in Srinagar city and later go to villages" Irfana told news agency ANI.
#WomenEmpowerment at its best. While some people are distributing necessary food items to the needy amid #Covid_19 lockdown, Irfana Zargar is busy distributing free of cost sanitary kits to women & young girls in #Srinagar & nearby villages in #Kashmir valley. 1/n @Nidhi @nistula pic.twitter.com/FagIj5NWWj
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"If my sisters and brothers are with me then by the grace of God I will take this initiative forward and I want to take this mission to villages after the lockdown gets lifted, I will start this initiative again in the washrooms" she added.
Irfana has invested half her salary in purchasing menstrual products and has distributed it all to unprivileged girls.
Irfana Zargar's kit contains all the essentials that are required for maintaining healthy menstrual practices like sanitary napkins, antispasmodics and hand wash.
She said it is imperative that women are taken care of as they are the building blocks of the society.
