Our Impact since 2014
Sensitized 18,245 individuals
Adolescent girls, boys, women, men, different disability groups, women jail inmates and jail staff, doctors and nurses, army wives and daughters, bike club members, journalists, ASHA, Anganwadi workers and other frontline workers, school and education institution teachers, caregivers and non-teaching staff, Gram Panchayat, Village Development Authority members, local clubs, Church staff, NGOs working with girls, women, on health, education, livelihoods or sanitation, government representatives and government line departments.
India, Asia and Africa
India: Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya
Asia: Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Pakistan, Myanmar Africa: Uganda, Nigeria.
Insurgency inflicted rural regions in north-eastern India
Manipur and Assam
Insurgency inflicted rural regions in north-eastern India
Manipur and Assam
Distributed 13,000 sanitary napkin packs and 400 menstrual cups to girls and women in rural parts
Built men’s leadership in advocating for stigma free menstruation
“Men Take Lead Ride” bike rally on International Menstrual Hygiene Day
Social Media Campaign For 7 Years
Discussions, news, policy related developments, information on menstrual health and hygiene and best practices from around the world shared with hundreds of thousands of netizens globally. United women’s voices globally on menstrual hygiene using social media to discuss, seek solutions, and replace shame with pride.
Print & Broadcasting Media For 5 Years
Advocacy on menstrual hygiene management and gender through newspaper articles, op-eds, news reports and programs on community radio station at national and regional levels. An article on government negligence in a village in Manipur resulting in inhabitants living with no electricity for 20 years caught the attention of the government and electricity was installed by the government of Manipur in the isolated village in the mountains.
Global networks and partnerships
Women Economic Forum, World Pulse, Voices of Women Worldwide, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), MH Day Secretariat, MH Alliance India, Menstrual Health Hub, Star of Hope Transformation Centre, Nigeria, Zephaniah Free Education, Pakistan, Integrated Regional Support Program (IRSP), Pakistan.
Awards and recognition
World Pulse Spirit Awards for Sisterhood (2019), Amelia Earhart Women Have Wings Courage Awards (2018), Voices of Our Future Awards (2016), HDFC Mastercard Celebrate Heroes Award (2016), Vodafone Women of Pure Wonder (2016), Women Economic Forum Iconic Woman Award (2017), Fierce Indian Vagina Warrior from Youth Ki Awaaz. Teresa Rehman in her book “Mothers of Manipur” and Chris Bobel, Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston in her book, “The Managed Body: Developing Girls and Menstrual Health in the Global South” wrote about Breaking the Silence’s work. WASH United launched an animation depicting the work of Breaking the Silence on MH Day 28th May 2018.