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Petition to Prof. Suranjan Das, Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee, Anuradha Lohia, John Felix Raj, Subrata Kumar Dey, Mamata Banerjee, Partha Chatterjee

Make washrooms in educational institutions period-friendly, hygienic & inclusive #BleedEco

"The doors are in a bad condition, with rust forming at the hinges, the locks broken so much so that one has to hold the door shut from the inside. The commodes are always filled with excreta as the flushes don't work and the basin taps are broken. A scanty amount of water trickles down when one opens the tap. The floors are carelessly swiped; they are always wet and muddy and the cleaning lady is never in sight. In such a situation, having periods on campus is a menace. There are no clean washrooms to change into clean pads/tampons/menstrual cups, and the dustbins are always filled with used, dirty pads which almost never gets emptied. This means that the bathrooms are always filled with a putrid odour." Does this image make you feel sick? Welcome to a day in the life of a student menstruator. Most educational institutions lack proper sanitation and basic (menstruation-friendly) facilities such as: Functional taps with clean running water: for students to be able to wash their hands after using the toilets. Working cisterns and flushes: as unflushed toilets lead to increased susceptibility to conditions such as urinary tract infections, rashes, bacterial build-up and skin conditions. Proper waste disposal system with dustbins in every stall: for students to be able to dispose of used sanitary products and ensure proper waste management so that sanitary products are not disposed of in open spaces. Soap dispensers and bidet sprays: to maintain hygiene and to be able to clean menstrual cups and, at the very least, one's private parts after using the toilet. Locks on the washrooms stalls and hooks to keep your belongings: to ensure privacy and to be able to store bags to access sanitary hygiene products as and when required. Sanitary vending machines: for situations in which students do not have access to sanitary pads or other menstrual hygiene products but urgently need them. Routine maintenance and deep cleaning of the washrooms: to ensure sanitation and cleanliness and to prevent the spread of diseases. Accessible and disability-friendly washrooms: with ramps, wheelchair-height toilets and basins, grab bars and handles, braille maps in corridors to help locate washrooms easily. It is a common trend for educational institution washrooms to be unhygienic and unsafe for student menstruators, and many have confessed that they are usually forced to skip college on period days and some have contracted diseases like UTIs and fungal infections due to unclean and unsanitary washrooms. Sign our petition to solve this problem. We believe that access to proper sanitation is a human right. Our demand is addressed to the Vice-Chancellors of several prominent universities in Kolkata and Partha Chatterjee (Ministry of Education, West Bengal) to take action on the atrocious conditions of washrooms in educational institutions which have proved to be a menace for menstruating and disabled students. One signature from you can help us go a long way in achieving our goal to make washrooms in educational institutions period-friendly, hygienic and accessible to all. Act now by signing this petition and share it among your circles so that it reaches more people. BLEED SAFE, BLEED ECO.Read more

Melanie DharKolkata, India

93,098 supporters

Created August 20, 2020

Petition to Kevin McCabe - Chairman Of Sheffield Utd Football Club, Prince Abdullah Bin Musa'ad Bin Abdul Aziz

Refuse to reinstate Ched Evans as a player at Sheffield United

they attained, and in this case used as a tool to facilitate the violence. The clear message toRead more

Jean HatchetLondon, ENG, United Kingdom

169,387 supporters

Created April 18, 2014

Petition to Government of Gujarat, Vijay rupani, Nitin Patel, ni, R. Subhash Reddy, Gujarat Tourism, Government of India

Right for Jain's to perform Worship on the Girnar Jain temples.

pleasures and came to Mount Girnar to attain salvation. Here, he attained Keval Gyan and Moksha. Issue: The attained Nirvana. "All we want is that Jain pilgrims be allowed to worship the footprints of NeminathjiRead more

Nilesh JainMumbai, India

13,750 supporters

Created July 23, 2018

Petition to Prime Minister of India, CM Jharkhand, Raghubar Das, Save Shikharji

Protect my Pilgrimage, Help our Indian Heritage, "SAVE SHIKHARJI"

20 Tirthankaras innumerable saints have attained Nirvana on this hill. This Pilgrimage place is nirwan bhoomi (soil where Tirthankaras attained salvation) is impossible in current age in theRead more

Save ShikharjiIndia

144,960 supporters

Created September 2, 2018

Petition to UK Parliament, Council of the European Union, Boris Johnson, United Nations, Donald J. Trump, home office, United States Supreme Court, UK Electoral commission, INTERPOL, NSW Police

The British Government should investigate criminal activities related to the Iraq Invasion

are resident here and are operating business using stolen and illegally attained money from IraqRead more

Latif YahiaLondon, United Kingdom

94,945 supporters

Created May 27, 2020

Petition to President of India

Remove Article 35A

number of soldiers attained martyrdom in J&K. Of the 21 Param Veer Chakras awarded to soldiersRead more

Pankaj GuptaIndia

63,575 supporters

Created February 20, 2019

Petition to Hon Andrew Little, ACC , Jan Tinetti

Improve the rehabilitation care for New Zealand Women post Birth

rehabilitation. However, other injuries attained in childbirth, such as during long pushing stages, orRead more

Kirsty WattRotorua, New Zealand

55,182 supporters

Created June 14, 2020

Petition to Rick Scott

Grant Executive Clemency to Felix Garcia

attained a fourth grade level of reading and comprehension skills. In 1983, Mr. Garcia went toRead more

Pat BlissWytheville, VA, United States

106,937 supporters

Created March 19, 2014

Petition to Stuart McDonald, Jamie Hepburn, ashrafd@northlan.gov.uk , Nicola.Sturgeon.msp@parliament.scot , ThomasAn@northlan.gov.uk , lindenj@northlan.gov.uk , Shirley-Anne Somerville

Save School Librarians

have recently attained Reading School status. It is interesting that they are now cutting ourRead more