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Saturday 15 September 2018

Workshop on Hygiene Management held at Post Graduate Govt College Chandigarh

●Menstrual Hygiene and safe hygiene practices were discussed
●More than 80 students took part
●Discussion held about problems faced by the adolescent girls and gave suggestions

School News Network
Chandigarh, September 15 2018

Department of Social Work, Panjab University, Chandigarh organised a two day capacity building workshop on the theme “Hygiene management among Adolescents” at Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh. The workshop was conducted by a team of experts from Punjab University, Chandigarh. More than 80 students participated in the workshop. The Inaugural session was chaired by Professor Nirupma Luthra, Vice Principal of the college and attended by several faculty members of the college.

In her inaugural address, Dr Navdeep Sharma, NSS Coordinator, Panjab University, described the importance of Hygiene amongst adolescents. She urged the girls to shed the myths relating to Menstrual Hygiene and practise safe hygiene practices.
Dr Manjushree from UIAMS, PU, Chandigarh explained the biological processes and changes in the adolescents which need to be understood in the right perspective for the healthy body of the adolescents.
Dr Gaurav Gaur, Assistant Professor in Social Work from PU, Chandigarh conducted a session explaining how it is important for both the male as well female members of the society to understand the problems of the adolescents.

Dr Amritpal Kaur and Dr Anupam Bahri from UILS, PU Chandigarh also acted as resource persons during the workshop. They discussed at length about the problems faced by the adolescent girls and gave suggestions related to proper sanitary practices to be followed by them. The experts screened several short movies and team building exercises leading to discussion on the topic. The students thanked Dr Manoj Kumar and Ms Karun Lekha for coordinating and arranging  workshop on such an important issue.

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