Archive · 26 May 2025
Amazon Expands Women's Health Initiative, Targets 200,000 Women by 2025
Amazon is working to help women with their health.
They are making sanitary napkins in places like Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata.
These facilities are training women to make and sell these napkins.
The napkins are made from materials that break down naturally, helping the environment.
The company wants to reach 200,000 women and girls by 2025.
They also want to support over 500 women entrepreneurs by 2027.
The project is called 'Prayatna,' and the napkins are sold at a lower price.
They are also putting vending machines and disposal systems in schools to make it easier for girls to get what they need.
Amazon India launched the next phase of its women's health initiative in Bengaluru.
The initiative aims to combat 'period poverty' through locally made sanitary products.
Sanitary napkin manufacturing facilities are operational in four cities.
The initiative aims to reach 200,000 women and girls by 2025.
The napkins are made from biodegradable materials and sold under the 'Prayatna' brand.
- Who
- Amazon India is leading the initiative to support women's health.
- What
- Amazon's initiative provides locally manufactured, biodegradable sanitary napkins, education, and entrepreneurship opportunities.
- When
- The initiative was announced on Monday, with a goal to reach 200,000 women by 2025 and support 500+ entrepreneurs by 2027.
- Where
- Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata, with planned expansion to North and West India.
- Why
- To address 'period poverty', improve menstrual health access, create economic opportunities, and challenge taboos around menstruation.
- Operational Facilities
- Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata
- Target Women by 2025
- 200,000
- Women Entrepreneurs Supported by 2027
- 500+
- Napkin Price
- ₹35 per packet
- Napkins per packet
- Six
- Napkin Production Capacity
- 1,200 per hour