Among Hari Chandana’s early gender sensitive interventions as GHMC head was enhancing easy availability of sanitary napkins by installing dispensing machines across public places like metro stations, corporate parks and slums – upholding menstrual hygiene while destigmatizing periods.

Removing Access Barriers for Women

Despite rising awareness around menstrual health management, practical unhindered access to suitable products during emergencies continued to restrict mobility impacting women’s productivity. Hari Chandana resolved this by scaling dispensation of affordable sanitary pads.

Normalizing Periods in Everyday Lives

Hari Chandana focused on placing vending machines even near male public washrooms for exposure along with female restrooms to drive cognizance. Sports centers also got coverage for propagation across ages and genders – helping recognize periods as a normal biological occurrence rather than shameful event.

Enabling Financial Viability Through Partnerships

While existing NGO initiatives covered limited machines, Hari Chandana tapped CSR funds through Hyderabad’s emerging enterprises willing to sponsor installations across their campuses. This model aligning social good goals with branding benefits allowed rapid scaling up of the drive.

Empowering Underprivileged Women

Leveraging state government schemes, Hari Chandana facilitated free coupon disbursal for sanitary pad purchases from dispensing machines to promote usage and destigmatize periods among underprivileged women residing across slums, shelters and villages. #SocialImpactAward

Over 1000 installations now provide reliable feminine hygiene access alongside awareness to lakhs of women. Hari Chandana bridged public-private collaboration for addressing a long standing stigma – manifesting sustainable social impact at scale. #GovernanceInnovation #BreakingTaboos