Only a mere 15% of menstruating individuals in Nepal use pads, and 83% make do with cloth. This high level of period poverty can be attributed to economic disparities, lack of targeted awareness campaigns and the high prices of sanitation products.
Bharatpur Metropolitan has started distribution of sanitary pads in all of its schools. The metropolis has started the distribution of 410,090 packets of sanitary pads for girls of 74 schools.