Sanitary pad entrepreneur Swati Bedekar
Imagine you're a woman who's had to flee her home, you've lost all your possessions along the way, landed in a refugee camp - and then on top of everything else that you get your period, and you don't have any sanitary towels. This thought struck a British woman, Amy Peake, and it made her want to do something to help. She heard about a woman, Swati Bedekar and her husband, Shyam, who are working with a machine in Gujarat to help women support themselves by making and selling cheap pads. Amy travelled there to meet Swati.
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