Ananya Chhaochharia
Founder/Director (Ananya Chhaochharia); Co-founder (Niharika Sharma)Founder of Paint It Red
Ananya Chhaochharia is the founder/director (ananya chhaochharia); co-founder (niharika sharma) of Paint It Red[1], an Indian non-profit working on women & children and healthcare from Kolkata.
Paint It Red
Paint It Red campaigns against period poverty and the stigma surrounding menstruation, which it frames as a matter of basic rights. Its work has included distributing menstrual hygiene kits during the COVID-19 crisis under the Bleed in Peace campaign, dialogue series on sustainable menstruation, and art sales that fund reusable cloth pads for semi-urban and rural India.
- Organisations
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- Based in
- Kolkata
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- Press
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References
- [1] “Ananya Chhaochharia is an intersectional feminist working at the crossroads of gender and politics. Ananya transitioned from her well-paying job as a political consultant to initiate Paint It Red.” — Paint It Red. Source
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