12% GST on Menstrual Hygiene Products: Rural Women Speak Out
Channel: VideoVolunteers
Date: 2017-08-08

Caught between the expense of sanitary napkins and the stigma of menstrual blood, rural women are left without viable, hygienic options. Read more: https://www.videovolunteers.org/gst-on-sanitary-napkins/

Harihar Nagbansi reports from West Bengal for Video Volunteers.

For three years, this Bengal village has been thirsting. The handpumps spurt harmful, iron-rich water, and there is no pipeline water supply in sight. Read more: https://www.videovolunteers.org/iron-contaminated-water-in-bengal-village/

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