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Surma Devi’s Story – Stitching Dignity Through Cloth-Based Livelihood

Surma Devi’s Story – Stitching Dignity Through Cloth-Based Livelihood

Surma Devi, a Goonj Didi from Uttarakhand, shares her journey with My Pad and NJPC—empowering herself and other women through cloth-based menstrual health education and livelihood.

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Rethinking disaster wastage: The Journey of MY Pad from the Streets of Chennai

Rethinking disaster wastage: The Journey of MY Pad from the Streets of Chennai

How discarded clothes from the 2005 tsunami became the foundation of Goonj’s MY Pad — a reusable cloth pad created by and for women to restore dignity and menstrual health.

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A New Thread of Livelihood: Cloth Pads in Karmangdi Village

A New Thread of Livelihood: Cloth Pads in Karmangdi Village

In Karmangdi village of Tamil Nadu, women are turning menstrual taboos into livelihood opportunities through cloth pad making—combining awareness, accessibility, and dignity.

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Flexing the Gaps — Turning Unused Banners into Tools of Dignity and Innovation

Flexing the Gaps — Turning Unused Banners into Tools of Dignity and Innovation

Explore how Goonj repurposed discarded flex banners into roofs, pouches, and everyday essentials—combining circular innovation with people-led resilience.

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The Paradox of Material Scarcity in a World of Surplus: Poverty, Ecology, and the Need for Circular Solutions

The Paradox of Material Scarcity in a World of Surplus: Poverty, Ecology, and the Need for Circular Solutions

What if the poverty we see isn’t just about money, but about access? Every year, millions go without basic clothing, while millions of tonnes of usable fabric end up in landfills. How do we bridge this paradox?

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Aasan Centre in Palghar: Stitching Dreams, Empowering Lives

Aasan Centre in Palghar: Stitching Dreams, Empowering Lives

Goonj’s Aasan Centre in Palghar empowers tribal women economically through sustainable livelihood activities.

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Upcycled Skipping Ropes: Transforming Textile Waste into Fundraising Tools

Upcycled Skipping Ropes: Transforming Textile Waste into Fundraising Tools

Because childhood matters, play matters as do the simple joys of life.. For kids who have a palm shell in the name of toys or nothing at all.. Goonj Skipping Ropes are made from torn Dupattas/Saris. Loved equally by urbanites, a skipping rope goes into each school kits reaching out to children in far flung village schools of India.

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Breaking the Silence: Goonj’s Menstrual Awareness Sessions & Upcycled Cloth Solutions

Breaking the Silence: Goonj’s Menstrual Awareness Sessions & Upcycled Cloth Solutions

Last year (2018-19) our teams held menstrual awareness sessions with more than 400 adolescent girls and women in slums, shelter homes, government schools in Delhi/NCR alone (apart from similar ongoing menstrual hygiene work in rural India). Many of these young girls move to cities from villages.and end up in slums with little or no sanitation facilities.

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Amplifying Marginalized Voices: Addressing Menstrual Challenges through Material Circularity

Amplifying Marginalized Voices: Addressing Menstrual Challenges through Material Circularity

In India, 1.8 Crore women with disability, more than 5 Crore women from tribal community, 6.5 Crore migrant women, 20+ lakh sex workers are missing their voices in addressing their challenges around menstruation.These voices must be heard.. Their menstrual challenges must come into the larger mapping of Menstrual Hygiene Management narrative.

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Amplifying Marginalized Voices: Addressing Menstrual Challenges through Material Circularity

Amplifying Marginalized Voices: Addressing Menstrual Challenges through Material Circularity

In Sub-Himalayan region of West Bengal’s Alipurduar district, women are the major workforce comprising tea garden estates; they are the primary labor engaged in the process of cultivation and harvesting. While there is huge focus on production, women who toil the whole day, their menstrual hygiene and sanitation take a backseat on most cases.

Lack of menstrual health awareness and sanitation implies that women are more susceptible to infections and allergies.

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The Journey from Cloth to ‘MY Pad’

The Journey from Cloth to ‘MY Pad’

We  know  that  cloth  is  a  basic need of a  woman as  is  her self-respect  and  dignity . The symbiotic  relationship  between  these  two  defines  Goonj’s  ‘Not  Just  a  Piece  of  Cloth’ (NJPC)  initiative. We  started  with the  simple-  of making cotton  cloth available to women.

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