Akshay Kumar to be part of marathon aimed to create menstrual awareness.
Bollywood Actor Akshay Kumar will take part in the Lucknow leg Run4Niine long distance race went for handling menstrual taboos, it was declared on Thursday.
The long distance race will be held in 500 urban communities crosswise over India on March 8 to observe International Women’s Day.
Run4Niine is growing its across the country ‘#18to82’ movement, started by the Niine Movement, to defeat any difficulty between the 18 percent of bleeding females in India who utilize sterile napkins, and the 82 percent overwhelmingly captivating in unhygienic and hazardous choices, for example, old materials, clothes, feed, and even powder, read a statement.
“Pad Man” star and Niine Movement champion Akshay will hail off Run4Niine here. Notwithstanding beginning this one of a kind across the nation crusade, Akshay will equally be a member of an event where visitors will be entertained and push to discuss the significance of menstrual cleanliness mindfulness.
Akshay stated: “When I made the film ‘Pad Man’, I was seeking to transform it into a discussion. Finally today, after a year, I can proudly say that it has grown to become a unique movement, truly at a grassroots level…
Furthermore, Akhshay while talking about the movement said that he is very excited to announce his affiliation with the Niine Movement and to take this movement every nook and corner of the country. He also invited his fellow citizens to join hands with him to make this campaign successful and raise awareness about menstrual hygiene.
“I am therefore excited to announce my partnership with the Niine Movement to take this to the streets of India and invite my fellow citizens, compatriots, change makers and pathbreakers to join me for Run4Niine, to raise awareness and initiate action on menstrual hygiene. Each of us, when joined together, will form a chain – an unstoppable force fighting an improbable stigma.”
On the importance of the event, occurring to observe International Women’s Day, Akshay stated: “It is a noteworthy day for ladies and young ladies over the world, multi-day when not just ladies are commended for their accomplishments and commitments in all divisions of life however a cool notice of the disparities that exist in our general public which have held young ladies and ladies back for quite a long time.”
As a comprehensive activity, Run4Niine will unite the two sexual orientations, over all ages, foundations and all things considered – to run, walk, run and wheel over their urban areas, and help end the quietness related with monthly cycle and to join the Chain of Niine.
Run4Niine accomplice Junior Chambers International (JCI), the non-benefit association urging youngsters to be dynamic mindful nationals, will help to take the let’s Talk About Periods’ message to the streets of India and in up to 500 urban areas, made conceivable through JCI’s section systems.
The Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India (FOGSI) will hold workshops in every one of the 500 urban communities where Run4Niine exercises will occur. The Niine Movement and Niine Sanitary Napkins, the made-in-India, reasonable yet premium sterile napkins brand were co-founded by leading Gorakhpur social-entrepreneurs, Amar Tulsiyan, and Gaurav Bathwal and Kanpur entrepreneur Sharat Khemka.
