In parts of India, huge numbers of women don’t have access to sanitary napkins. When the founders of Saathi pads decided to try to tackle the problem, they wanted to do it in an eco-friendly way.

Sanitary belts were the pre-version of sanitary pads. The belts were basically diapers with elastic belts on which cotton pads were to be clipped and then used. The belts were invented in the ...