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What's super weird to me is that this invention reduced sanitary pads from 4 rupees to 2.5 rupees and is a huge success. Either the real innovation is the fema
by nordsieck 11y ago
What's super weird to me is that this invention reduced sanitary pads from 4 rupees to 2.5 rupees and is a huge success.
Either the real innovation is the female run businesses, or the whole thing is being subsidized by NGOs. Maybe both.
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- vezycash 11y ago>or the whole thing is being subsidized by NGOs. From another article in 2012: "Women pack around six to eight towels in a packet and sell them for as little as 13 rupees (16p). On average, each woman earns the equivalent of £30 to £65 a month;" http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/22/sanitary-towels-india-cheap-manufacture http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/22/sanitary...