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Guinness record with sanitary napkins
Why is it in the news?
- The gynaecologists attempted a Guinness world record by creating the ‘longest line of sanitary pads’ at the 62nd All India Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AICOG) that began in Bengaluru.
- It is to promote menstrual hygiene, especially among adolescents.
More in the news
- Over 1,500 gynaecologists, led by the organising chairperson Hema Divakar, created a line of 1,078 metres using 10,105 sanitary pads.
- Depicting women’s health, the sanitary pads were designed in the shape of a uterus and carried the tagline ‘Nothing’s more cuterus than your uterus’.
- The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI), which is organising AICOG 2019, collaborated with a pharma company for the attempt.
- The Guinness record certificate will be presented to the organising chairperson of AICOG 2019.
- According to the organisers, the pads will be donated to four city-based schools for distribution among their students.
- According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report published in December 2017, only 58% of women in the country in the age group of 15 to 24 use a hygienic method of menstrual protection.
Source
The Hindu.