Schools should be safe spaces for children and girls should not have to undergo the indignity of period spot checks, say activists. Period spots checks and other acts of sexual harassment and abuse, are serious violations of children’s bodies, privacy and safety, says Ellisha. “So, period spot checks and also inappropriate touch violates the bodily autonomy and bodily integrity of these schoolgirls. As an immediate measure, firstly the teachers who are currently carrying out period checks need to be identified, says Sivananthi. “Secondly, the Ministry of Education needs to put out an administrative order that these period checks must stop.

Source: The Star April 28, 2021 01:52 UTC