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Safe N' Happy Periods is a non-gonvernmental organization with office in Navi Mumbai, India. It was founded by Sarika Gupta in 2016. Safe N' Happy Periods' goal is to create awareness about different aspects of menstruation for adolescent girls and women. This is achieved by talks and workshops designed and delivered, primarily to adolescent girls and women of different age groups. In addition, Safe N' Happy Periods touches all those who are part of the Menstrual Ecosystem (i.e. Female teachers, Civic authorities, Schools, Rag Pickers, etc.)

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Origins and Goals Safe N' Happy Periods (SNHP) was founded in Navi Mumbai, India, in 2016 by Sarika Gupta as an effort to alleviate the lack of knowledge about menstruation in India and caused pain and sicknesses.

In India, menstruation is attached with feelings of shame and shyness, low confidence and self-esteem, impurity and filthiness. Deep-rooted myths and taboos have added to the silence around this topic. SNHP wants to break the taboo about periods at all.

According to SNHP, the pain and discomfort during periods also needs a lot of attention. This pain affects most of the females while living their life. Therefore, SNHP teaches asanas for period days, which can release women's pain and enhance productivity and happiness.

Also the increased usage and wrong disposal of sanitary pads would be a rising problem. Soiled napkins could create diseases for rag-pickers, choke the city drainage system and pollute the environment. Hence, SNHP is supposed to find a solution for this issue.

Activities Workshops The workshops are held by Gupta herself. She explains the menstrual cycle including ovulation and cervical mucus, also throughout the puberty. The second aspect is the pain and discomfort many girls have during their period. Therefore, Yoga-asanas and also the right usage and disposal of sanitary pads are taught.

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The website safenhappyperiods.org combines a friendly and open-minded platform for teenagers (male and female) to inform theirselves about menstruation, on the other hand it invites to participate on a workshop or to volunteer at the office. The latest workshops, conferences and activities are published on social media (facebook, twitter, instagram).

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