This innovator is trying to make sanitary pads affordable for women in India
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Arunachalam Murugananthan is known as India's pad man. Breaking a strict taboo in India's tradition-bound society, Murugananthan worked to perfect an affordable sanitary pad in hope of starting a movement to help women in the developing world. Special correspondent Sam de Fred Lazaro reports.
The rural Indian inventor whose machine to make sanitary pads shattered a taboo and inspired a film, Pad Man
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Sanitary Pad Production in Rwanda
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Eco-Friendly Sanitary Pads - Solar Impulse Efficient Solution
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Young Turks Conclave 2017 Padman Arunachalam Muruganantham Story
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Menstrual Man, Trailer
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This innovator is trying to make sanitary pads affordable for women in India
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The 'Tampon King' who sparked a period of change for India's women, The Independent
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Podcast PBS Newshour's Fred de Sam Lazaro on the power of under
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Sanitary Napkin Making Machines INDIA
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Plant-based menstrual pads could help alleviate period poverty
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How an Indian Innovator Reverse-Engineered the Making of Sanitary Pads
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