12yo takes own life after alleged ‘period shaming’ by school teacher

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12yo takes own life after alleged ‘period shaming’ by school teacher

Police in India have charged a 26-year-old schoolteacher with ‘abetment of suicide’ after a 12-year-old girl took her own life Monday as a result of consistent harassment which culminated in ‘period-shaming’ in front of her classmates.

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“After she experienced menstruation in the classroom, the teacher sent her out with a stern rebuke. The school management did not even provide a sanitary napkin citing non-availability of an ayah (nanny) and just gave her a piece of cloth to use,” a source within the District Child Protection Unit said, confirming the period-shaming The New Indian Express.

“We have also learned that the victim was depressed as one of her classmates said she had shared her intenti*on of committing suicide,” the source added.

 

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