The ‘We Stand with Her’ campaign, started by seven teenagers, hopes to uphold the dignity of migrant women by providing them with hygienic, sanitary products for their period In the past two months, Zoya Sethi and her friends would often discuss how their lives had changed due to the lockdown.
A resident of Gurugram, the 14-year-old would also take in the changes happening elsewhere in the country, especially related to migrant workers and their long march back home.
As she processed the magnitude of the crisis, a thought struck her: “What if it was me out there, walking to my home far away?
How would I manage my periods then?" Sethi shared her thoughts with her school friends, and seven of them decided to do something about the issue.