Published 16:04 IST, May 28th 2020

Manushi Chhillar joins the Red Dot challenge, claims 'it's time to break the silence'

Manushi Chhillar has commemorated Menstrual Hygiene Day by talking about the importance of right information that young girls need to have about their bodies.

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Manushi Chhilar, actor-model, is latest to join Red Dot challenge that seems to have taken over celebrities in film industry, including actors Diana Penty, iti Rao Hydari, Dia Mirza and ors. Thursday, May 28 marked  National Menstrual Hygiene Day and Manushi has commemorated day by talking about importance of right information that young girls need to have about ir bodies.

Sharing a picture of herself with a red dot on palms of her hand, Chhillar captioned post by calling for participation and claiming that 'it's time to break silence".

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initiative was started by UNESCO India with help of a challenge where women posted pictures with a red dot drawn on ir palms. Many celebrities from film industry have taken part in this challenge and shown ir support for initiative which calls out period shaming. 

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Manushi's initiative to fight COVID-19

Manushi Chhillar has joined hands with or Miss Worlds in an initiative to raise awareness about coronavirus and discuss how to battle stigma of infection that is on rise. Along with her, Miss World 2018 Vanessa Ponce (Mexico) and Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle (Puerto Rico) have also decided to come toger and talk about ongoing issue.  three former Miss World beauties will discuss importance of mental health during this time and how to battle stigma of COVID-19 that has been set in minds of people.

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Manushi Chhillar has also been roped in by State Government of Haryana and UNICEF India to raise much-needed awareness among people of state. Sharing more details on this, Manushi Chhillar said, “At a time like this, whatever each one of us can do to raise as much awareness about COVID-19 in our respective countries and communities, will be key to stop virus in its tracks. I wanted to tell people that we are in this toger and what is happening in India is also happening in rest of world.”

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16:04 IST, May 28th 2020