Acumen 151d ago

Acumen Fellow Soumya Dabriwal, founder of Baala project , shares her journey transforming reproductive and menstrual health for women and girls in some of India’s most low-resource and remote communities. What began as teaching math and English quickly revealed a deeper injustice: girls missing school, not because of ability, but because of menstruation. When Soumya and her team began conducting community workshops, they were chased out for challenging deeply held norms. In this reflection, Soumya speaks about resilience, fearlessness, and why menstrual health isn’t just a women’s issue.