The Problem
Every girl and woman should have the chance to reach her full potential.
Safe, convenient, affordable menstrual hygiene is taken for granted in affluent countries. But the onset of their monthly period poses a major problem for adolescent girls and women in resource-poor countries. Along with exposing them to health dangers, it can hinder the girls’ education and cause the women to miss work and lose daily wages.
2 Billion
About 2 billion girls and women worldwide are within the menstrual age of 15 to 49 years.
42%
Almost half of all Indian women are unfamiliar with sanitary pads, a situation thats leaves them vulnerable to reproductive tract infections because of poor menstrual hygiene management.
80%
As many as four out of every five women and girls in developing countries, a total exceeding 500 million females worldwide, have no access to proper feminine hygiene products.
5 Days
In large parts of rural Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, hundreds of millions of girls and women miss a week’s worth of school or work per month due to insufficient menstrual hygiene.
UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 5
UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 5 prioritizes achieving gender equality. One key to doing so is ensuring that women and girls in developing countries receive what they need to manage their menstrual cycles properly. It is an increasingly important – yet often unrecognized – issue deeply entwined with education, social development and overall female empowerment.
The Solution
The Saafkins Technology
Saafkins: Safe, hygienic and reusable period panties & napkins
Livinguard developed Saafkins, reusable, washable period panties & napkins, for women and girls who have little to no access to safe, affordable feminine hygiene. They often resort to unhealthy practices when dealing with their periods, which can lead to urinary tract infections and other diseases.
While large-scale government programs in countries such as India now target feminine hygiene, they tend to focus on disposable, single-use pads.
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The Saafkins Technology
Saafkins takes full advantage of Livinguard’s revolutionary antimicrobial technology. A reusable 12-hour period panty, it is constructed from a self-disinfecting fabric that makes it highly absorbent, hygienic and allows it to be washed numerous times, even with hand soap. Extensive testing in labs accredited with the Government of India has confirmed the benefits of Saafkins.
1) Tests conducted at South India Textile Research Association (SITRA), bacterial reduction tested according to AATCC 100 against Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae
The Period Panty
The Period Panty
Washable, reusable, antibacterial menstrual hygiene protection.
The Sanitary Napkin
The Sanitary Napkin
Washable, reusable, antibacterial menstrual hygiene protection.
Our Partners
Livinguard teams with NGOs to educate impoverished females in Indian villages about proper feminine hygiene and to distribute Saafkins. Not only do they improve the quality of life by helping prevent infections, they are highly affordable and eco-friendly.
Media
This gives girls and women back the five days of school and work that their period, on average, costs them per month. This is 60 days in a year and over 2,000 days in a lifetime.
Who we Are
Livinguard Technologies is the world’s first and only permanently disinfecting textile technology. Currently focused on building a business with social return, they have touched over 40 million lives since 2010. Livinguard Technologies is a 100% subsidiary of Livinguard AG, Switzerland, a technology-driven company that treats textiles to create breakthrough applications in water purification, feminine hygiene, healthcare, and many other areas.
Get In Touch
Office:
Livinguard Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
7, Raj Mahal Building, 4th Floor,
84 Veer Nariman Road, Churchgate,
Mumbai 400020.
Factory
Livinguard Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
C-96, 1st floor, TTC Industrial Area,
Turbhe MIDC, Indira Nagar,
Navi Mumbai – 400705
#GiveHer5
Get involved! Give girls ‘those’ 5 days back!
GiveHer5 is a social initiative bringing safe sanitary solutions to girls and women in rural areas across India. Started as a social media campaign in 2017, the initiative is building awareness about the menstrual hygiene crisis and raising funds to provide women and girls with clean and safe menstrual hygiene protection.
With a donation of only USD 3.30 / INR 200, one girl or woman can be equipped with Saafkins for an entire year.