Menstrupedia Founder Aditi Gupta On Her Mission To Create A #PeriodPositive World
When Aditi Gupta and Tuhin Paul left their cushy jobs in 2012 to pursue period education as a career, they faced a lot of resistance. It was a new concept for everyone in India. Aditi and Tuhin, now Menstrupedia Co-Founders, wanted to launch Menstrupedia comic an educational booklet specifically designed to fight period stigma. However, no one believed that a comic book could challenge the deep stigma. Their families warned them and told them they were wasting time and risking their careers. Nine years later, Mestrupedia is part of the curriculum in 11,000 schools in India and is available in 17 different languages and seven countries.