Sanitary Napkin or the Condoms: What should be available free of cost ?

A woman from Kenya, Jaqi Jb W, has begun the debate on the social media by posting her photo with a sanitary napkin packet citing that “SANITARY PADS should be FREE condoms should be sold. Sex is a choice whereas menstruation ISN'T ...lots of girls are suffering out there because they can't afford pads. Please help me campaign this issue by sharing this post #Jointhecampaign #keepthegirlsinschool”

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Thousands of people have liked it and by now, around 21,783 peoples have shared it on the facebook until now.

Where many people are applauding and supporting her initiative, there are people who are criticizing her for comparing the necessity of sanitary napkins with the condoms.

It is a fact that many countries have a free condoms program to encourage the use of condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS. However, there is no program for the free sanitary napkins when 70 % of all reproductive diseases are caused by poor menstrual hygiene.

Before Jaqi Jb W, a man from Coimbatore-India, Arunachalam Muruganantham has dedicated a huge portion of his life to developing a machine that can produce low-cost sanitary pads for generating awareness about traditional unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India.

 

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In 2014, TIME magazine placed him in its list of 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2016, he was awarded Padma Shri by Government of India.

For many, buying sanitary pads is as easy as buying bread and milk. But, sanitary pads are an unaffordable luxury for countless girls and women in many parts of the world. They are at a permanent disadvantage as they are forced to stay at home, as they are unable to afford this basic necessity.

Sanitary pads are sold at a rate of 40 times the cost of the main ingredient – cotton and less percentage of women can afford to buy sanitary pads. The rest of them who are in resource-poor settings, improvise makeshift pads from old clothes, rags, newspapers, bits of mattress, and other readily available materials.

A great initiative Jaqi Jb W, we support your cause!!

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Chicken Taken Into Police Custody After Found Trying To Cross The Road

Police in East Marketgait, Dundee, were called to an incident on October 7 in which a feathery bird was spotted wandering across the tarmac in the middle of rush hour.

It was seen at around 8.30am and officers arrived after drivers reported the endangered hen.

The chicken was "giving passing motorists cause for concern," Tayside Police Division police said.

Officers managed to capture the lone bird and take it back to the station.

On Facebook, the police forced added: "The SSPCA has been contacted and will be attending to take care of the chicken until the owner is traced. "Police are appealing for any information as to why the chicken was crossing the road."

Tayside police posted an appeal on Facebook in a bid to find the chicken's owner.

It was soon shared by more than 1,000 people – and dozens of locals commented.

Although not particularly helpfully.

"I think it was being egged on by someone," Bill Barclay said.

Ann Sellars predictably commented: "To get to the other side."

Chris Elcombe added: "I suspect fowl play..."

"She was afraid someone would Caesar!" wrote Enn Cee Nadz.

And that man Bill Baclay popped up again, this time with: "Was it not just playing Chicken with the motorists."

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Facebook Wins 'Big Brother' Award in Belgium

The social media giant won the "Big Brother" Award in Belgium on Thursday, beating out three other contestants. The award is named after the dystopian government surveillance in George Orwell's 1984, and given to the "biggest privacy-offender of the year," according to its organizers.

Facebook, nominated by EDRi, an international non-profit organization, won after being criticized for its default privacy settings in a unanimous decision. The social network did not respond to requests for comment.

"Facebook has access to a wide range of personal data, and it tracks your movements across the web, whether you are logged in or not," EDRi said. "And the devil is in the default: To opt out, you are expected to navigate Facebook's complex web of settings."

Facebook beat out three other candidates for the anti-privacy award, including Belgium's data retention law, paper-less cash and the government's lack of transparency for criminal investigations.

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