The freedom to bleed is true independence

Accordingly Dignity for them by Dasra, a Mumbai-based philanthropic organization: “Girls miss an average of six days of school a month due to failure to control their periods at school. This results in nearly 23 percent of girls dropping out of school when they reach puberty, severely undermining their potential as individuals and future workers.” The state does not base its menstruation-related policies on the idea of ​​normalizing menstruation, but continues to treat it as an exception or a private, mostly secret act. Normalizing periods would mean sensitizing schools, workplaces and public places to the experiences of girls, women and people who bleed. Instead, the state operates within a male-centered framework, treating the absence of menstrual bleeding as normal and allocating resources to girls and women as marginalized beneficiaries of its menstruation-related policies. This approach excludes women as ideal typical students, workers and citizens.