HumanBodyExpulsions

Human
Body Expulsions
ManagingMenstruation

Murthy,L:Udaipur,September2014

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Managementofexpulsions
Perceptions
Affordability
Systems

September2014

Orijit Sen

September2014

TodayruralIndiais
difficulttodefine.
Television
Mobiles

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AllHumanBodyExpulsions

Menstruation

ManagementofMenstruation

SingleUse
CSNs
Tampons
Cloth
Cups
Uterus Removal
UterusRemoval

Hybrid
Multiple Use
MultipleUse
Spaces(isolation/cleansing)
Cups,Fabrics
Suppression
Extraction

Be Girl
Be
Goonj
Path
Marwadi Kotli

.,Infrastructure,Humanrights,FeministPerspectives,HealthRights, Spaces,Political,Gender,Commercial,.

Social

Economic

Health

Environment

(PPP)

SUSTAINABILITY

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Menstruationisnotjustabiologicalphenomenon
1WomenShamed

Bloodmystery
Di t U fit
Dirty,Unfit
Pollution,Religion,
Patriarchy
Physicallyremoving
women from main
womenfrommain
livingarea
Homeless,Shelter
Homes,Prisons(eg
USA,Udaipur)
,
p )
Commercialsector
exploitsshameand
stigmafactor

2Menexcluded

Bywomen
Excludedthemselves
Deafeningsilence no
communication
Useofcodewords,
M
Moreviolence,no
i l
sensitivitytoward
hormonehavoc
Affectstheconstruction
industry building
industry,building
planning
Lowprioritywomens
health
Directimpactofsilence
p
onRH(MM,IM)

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3Bloodmanaged

Inouterspace,zero
gravity,overallMAG
2000ml
Coconutcoir,rags,
towels,sand,ash,
clothplugs
l h l
Cup,tampon,
commercialpad,
clothpad
Physical removal of
Physicalremovalof
women
Removalof
reproductiveorgans
indifferentlyabled
y
women

Menstrual Management Spaces

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Menstrual Management Products

ClothtoLaceWalah Kapda Behaviour ChangeInitiatives years2000 2005

Cotton cloth

Poly acrylic fibre non

woven, fleece material
(as per the ASTM D276 standards
and identification of dyes as per
AATCC 161-2012 standards)

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AuditDSN

Si l
Singlewomaneverymonth
h
1sanitarynapkinplasticbag
6individualplastic packings
6 setsofreleasepapers
6 used pads
6usedpads
2emptyplasticbagsthatwilllinethewastebin
overtwodays

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AreDSNsasgoodastheyareclaimedtobe?
Respondent1
IhaveitchingwithDSNs.

Respondent2
IIgothabitual.Iamintheflow.Theek
got habitual I am in the flow Theek hai,rashhoga,boilhoga.Tubesaysahi
hai rash hoga boil hoga Tube say sahi
hojata hai.Problemswouldhappenandsometimenot.LasttwothreeyearsI
amhavingaregularproblem.

Respondent3
Reddishtyperash becomesredandstartshurtingme,irritation,scratching
sensation I suffered for many months and after that I started using cloth To
sensation.IsufferedformanymonthsandafterthatIstartedusingcloth.To
hellwithwhatotherpeoplethink!

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PMCmoves
PMC
moves 1300tonnes
1300 tonnes ofgarbageperday
of garbage per day
65tonesissanitarynapkinwaste(Approximately5%oftotal
wastethisDSNwasteis2%,restdiaper)
Dalit workersmovesanitarywasteinveryunhygienicconditions
workers move sanitary waste in very unhygienic conditions
Landfillsarechocked
Wastegeneratedisafunctionofincome100gms to400gms per
head
AtheorythatDSNshouldbeseenasbiomedicalwaste
Issuesonincineration
EPR ExtendedProducerResponsibility

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Debris on society

Health/environment easy to quantify - Debris on society - very complex.

-

Upwardly mobile move cloth to TP to CSN (20% - 25% college going CSN)
Erosion of older sustainable systems no waste, respect to resources, dignity in reuse.
Anxiety to stay with, conform to, belong to, to show status
Throw away perceived as we
we can afford , recycling / reusing is for the poor
poor, for the old
fashioned, for the elders
- Multinationals compound erosion packaging, practice obsolesce
- Priorities are different needs to be respected - motor bikes and mobile phones over
bathroom
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Debris on environment

2
10 15 pieces thrown
away over 12/13 cycles

8 to 10 pieces thrown away over 12/13 cycles

120 pads thrown away over

12/13 cycles

Significantly smaller volume of

debris

Larger volume of debris

Aesthetic Pollution

No H2O print during production

H2O for maintenance half to 1 bucket
of water each change

Low H2O print - presumed lower

than CSN
H2O for maintenance half bucket

H2O print bleaching ????

Use of soap for maintaining

Use of soap for maintaining

No soap for maintaining

Biodegrades in 6 months if
exposed to sunlight

Pelletized water ways

Pelletized - water ways

In Landfill - trapped

In Landfill - trapped

A h lik
Ash
like residue
id - burned
b
d

B
Burned
d acrid
id smellll - gases

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Burned acrid smell - gases

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Debris on body

Not changing often

Not changing often

Not changing often

Not washing well, dark

colour

Not washing well dark

colour,
l
material
t i l ttraps
fine detergent particles

Social acceptance but

used
d with
ith di
discretion
ti
Warm product

Not drying in sun

Dried in sun
Cool to skin, cloth
previously softened in
earlier avtar

Very warm product

Lower reporting of
It hi burning
Itching
b i

Very high reporting of

severe itching, burning,
use of tube* reported

Stress

Stress

Reporting
p
g of severe
itching, burning, use of
tube* reported
No stress, no leakage,
no shifting,

*Surfaz-SN anti fungal, anti inflammatory

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Another Product ?

Findings guided the design brief for this

- no waste after final disposal
- have dignity
- be a comfortable shape /size, not cause discomfort
- manage different volumes of discharges
- be socially acceptable and be easy to maintain
- 40 seconds time - one CSN - factory SLCA to be considered
in the new product

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Uger light pad, Uger Insert pad

(The word Uger means - new beginning in Mewadi)

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Environmental Sustainability
EnvironmentalSustainability
LifeCycleManagement
Social Life Cycle Assessment
SocialLifeCycleAssessment

Refuse
R d
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle

LifeCycleThinking
(E)LifeCycleAssessment
LifeCycleInventory

CradletoGrave
CradletoGate
CradletoCradle

LifeCycleCosts
Value Chain
CSR
EcoLabel
Ecoentrepreneurs
p

GreenWashing
G
hi
EcoAnxiety
EcoGuilt
Of setting green guilt
Ofsettinggreenguilt

EarthFriendly
EcoFriendly

Upstream Midstream Downstream

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Water foot print

Waterfootprint
2mcottonfabric 2700litres ofwater
4m 5,400.00litres 14pads 385litres ofwater
perpad
1padX4timesX10litres 40litres percycleX14
cycles=560litres
l
60 li
385+560litres =945litres for1Uger
1000litres +1uger pad loadonenvironement
5,000litres ofwater+5Uger padsmaterialsvs 200
DSNsvolume
6Disposablepadpilemeasurement 9cmX9cmX
6cm=486cubiccms
6Uger padspilemeasurement 11cmX9cmX14
cm = 1386 cubic cms
cm=1386cubiccms
Attheendof14menstrualcycles
200pads Volume16,038cubiccms wateruse
duringproductionnotknownyet(bleaching
celluloserequireswater)
6Uger padsdisposed Volume1,386cubiccms
(11.57timesmore)

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Surakshit Mahwari Abhiyan

Sharam tod aur shapath

I will break silence on menstruation

I will
ill nott feel
f l shy,
h I will
ill ttake
k pride
id
I will spread the word outside and inside the home

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Sadhvi Thukrals design Kahani HerMahinay Ki

For the Differently Abled
FortheDifferentlyAbled

Differentlyabled areontheperimeterofsociety
Bli d
Blind,paralyzed,mentalage+physicalagemismatch
l d
t l
+ h i l
i
t h
Productstomanage makeshift
AbsenceInformation/Counselingmaterial
Physicalnatureofbody,levelofpain

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Thank You.
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jatansansthan.org
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(http://www.jatansansthan.org/areaofwork/safe-menstrual-health-uger/

mum.org

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