ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT OISHIKI BANSAL, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
Symbiosis Law School Noida | Noida, India | Advancing SDG 12 & UNAI 9
Millennium Fellowship Project: Say Yes To Cups
We aim to reduce the use of sanitary napkins and tampons with menstrual cups on a mass level. To achieve the same, we have opted for a three-pronged approach:
First, we have conducted ground level research on the harmful effects of non- sustainable menstrual management products and the benefits of menstrual cups as a safer and more environmentally sustainable method of blood collection.
Secondly, we use various methods to disseminate this information within the target audience, including but not limited to seminars and street plays (already achieved) and workshops, info-sessions, etc.
Third, to make the target group comfortable with the idea of using menstrual cups and help the menstruating people during the shift form sanitary pads by conducting workshops with medical professionals in the field.
We believe that it is important to provide menstruating populations with information regarding the drawbacks of common menstrual hygiene management methods and the impact they create on the environment, to better facilitate them to make informed decisions. The objective of SDG-12 is to substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse, and ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature by 2030. By reducing the use of disposable period products through information dissemination, menstrual waste shall be reduced to a large degree, thus helping realise SDG-12.
About the Millennium Fellow
Oishiki Bansal is a penultimate year student at Symbiosis Law School,Noida,India. She is passionate about climate action, gender justice and pro-bono litigation. She loves teaching, singing and writing poetry. Her vision of the future world can be summarised in few words: greenery, peace, more women contributors in the economy, children in schools and emphasis on vocational education. Through her project, she wants to 'break the barriers of access to information' to enable the mensturating population to make a 'concious choice' of period products as per their needs and suitability while also considering the impact on the environment.
