{"id":8454,"date":"2024-06-14T03:38:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=8454"},"modified":"2024-06-14T03:38:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:38:14","slug":"13-tamil-nadu-women-of-15-24-years-use-cloth-during-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/13-tamil-nadu-women-of-15-24-years-use-cloth-during-period\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;13% Tamil Nadu women of 15-24 years use cloth during period&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least one in every 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/women\">Women<\/a> between 15 and 24 years of age in<u> Nadu<\/u>, around 13%, uses cloth during her period, data from the fifth edition of theNational Family <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/health\">Health<\/a> Surveyshows.<\/p>\n<p>Although the scores for menstrual hygiene in Tamil Nadu were ahead of the national <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/average\">Average<\/a>, child rights activists say there is a risk of girls with poor hygiene dropping out of school, besides facing health issues.<\/p>\n<p>The NFHS-5 (2019-21), which considers cloth as one of the hygienic practices, has said that nearly 98% of women age 15-24, use a hygienic method during menstruation. On Thursday, the NGO, Child Rights and You (CRY) said there is a strong positive correlation between menstrual hygiene practices and the <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/education\">Education<\/a> of girls (<a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/literacy\">Literacy<\/a> as well as years of schooling) across south India.<\/p>\n<p>In Tamil Nadu, 96.2% of women with 5-7 years of schooling were practising hygienic methods during menstruation. This increased to 98.6% in women who have completed ClassXIIor more years of schooling in TN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least one in every 10 Women between 15 and 24 years of age in Nadu, around 13%, uses cloth during her period, data from the fifth edition of theNational Family Health Surveyshows. 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