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Run4Nine Marathon On International Women’s Day 8th March 2019 Theme, Event Details
Run4Nine Marathon On International Women’s Day 8th March 2019 Theme, Event Details, Aim, Highlights
On the occasion of International Women's Day 8th March, 'Run4Nine Marathon' will be organized nationwide in 500 cities of India.
Run4Nine Marathon is aimed to spread awareness about the menstrual cycle in women. It is likely to set a new world record.
Run4Nine Marathon will be flagged off from Lucknow by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar on 8th March 2019,
Run4Nine Marathon is initiated by the Nine Movement, with the theme campaign '#18to82'.
The '#18to82' campaign has been initiated to bridge the gap between the 18 percent of menstruating females in India who use sanitary napkins, and the 82 percent predominantly engaging in unhygienic and unsafe alternatives such as old clothes, rags, hay, and even ashes.
Run4Nine Marathon will be India's biggest nationwide run to increase awareness about menstruation. It will be participated by girls, women, boys and men in 500 cities of India and likely to set a world record.
Run4Nine Marathon
On International Women's Day, the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) will be holding workshops in each of the 500 cities where Run4Niine activities will be taking place.
The Nine Movement and Nine Sanitary Napkins, the made-in-India, affordable yet premium sanitary napkins brand were co-founded by leading Gorakhpur social-entrepreneurs, Amar Tulsiyan, and Gaurav Bathwal and Kanpur entrepreneur Sharat Khemka.