Me and my team work for a long period of 16 years for the women’s and girls in different villages helping them to establish there own small business so they can start a new life and there I stared feeling that menstruation and hygiene is a very huge and important topic for the women’s over there. So, we decided to work on this. When we started then we got hate and discomfort but gradually we became serious on this then we established a small pad making factory in kathikhera village in my own house and after working for two years there we got the chance to be filmed by the makes or the “period end of the sentence”.
My name is Suman ( the Oscar winner ) or pad women . I was born on 10th August 1982 in garhi village new delhi . Completed my 10 class from a local school and stopped studied and got married at the age of 17 years in kathikhera village hapur . After 4 years of marriage I was a mother of two kids and in 2005 i started teaching in a school for 700 rupees after teaching for 5 years i joined a NGO and there I started my journey as a social worker .
Fondly called the “Oscar Woman”–after the documentary Period. End Of Sentence, which is inspired by Suman’s story won an Academy Award in 2019–Suman is spreading awareness around menstrual hygiene. “In my village, periods were considered a taboo and an omen. Women never discussed it freely,” says Suman.
Suman’s story of grit and determination has inspired many women to address and fight-off taboos plaguing their life and the society they live in.
Like every other woman who emerged as a winner, Suman’s life has been through several ups and downs. She had to fight misogyny, stereotypes, and cognitive dissonance to get where she is today. Her life is an example that when life throws lemons at you, better make some lemonades!
Suman has now set upon an even bigger journey to spread-awareness about female hygiene and menstrual health throughout the country.
As a woman who finds great joy in supporting other women to live a life of connection, health, and wellness, Suman has worked passionately with women across various economic sections and regionalities. She has been awarded hundreds of prestigious awards in India including one of the most prestigious awards for women in India Devi award by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji
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