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Discrimination of Women due to menstruation is widely used in India

India's uncomfortable relationship with the times, is back in the headlines.

College students living in a hostel in the Western Indian state of Gujarat have complained that they were made to undress and show off their underwear for female teachers, in order to prove that you don't during Menstruation.

were taken pulled out of The 68 Young Women from the class rooms and to the toilet, where they were asked to individually remove your panties for inspection.

The Incident occurred in the town of Bhuj on Tuesday. The young ladies are students at the Shree Sahajanand girls Institute (SSGI), which is run by the Swaminarayan sect, a wealthy and conservative Hindu have-religious group.

a hostel said it had complained to the official, to the college principal on Monday that some of The Students to the rules were menstruating Women to follow.

According to these rules, the denied Women to enter The Temple and The Kitchen and are not allowed to touch other students during their periods.

At meals, sit you have, the way of the other, you have to clean your own dishes, and in the classroom, you should sit on The Last bench.

Female students to gather outside of the Shree Sahajanand girls Institute (SSGI)

One of The Students told BBC Gujarati is Prashant Gupta , the hostel maintains a list, where you are expected to type in your name, if you get your period, which helps The Authorities to identify you.

But had not entered for The Last two months, one of The Students , their names in the register are - perhaps not surprisingly, with considering the constraints to put the one you have if you do.

So on Monday, the hostel's official, the client complained that the menstrual period, The Students in The Kitchen , were in the vicinity of The Temple , and mingling with other guests.

The Students claim that, on the next day, they were abused by the hostel official and the client, before they were forced to strip.

she described what happened to you was traumatized as a "very painful experience", you "" and amounted to "mental torture".

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A student's father said, crying that, if he had arrived in The Hospital , his daughter and some other students came to him and began. "You're in shock," he said.

On Thursday, a group of students held a protest on the campus demanding action against the college officials had would be "humiliated".

The college Trustee Pravin Pindoria said The Incident was "regrettable" and added that an investigation had been ordered and action would be taken against anyone who is found of misconduct.

But Darshana Dholakia, vice-Chancellor of the University, which is affiliated with the University, the blame on The Students . You said that you had broken the rules and added that some of them had, she apologized.

But, some of the pupils told BBC Gujarati, that they are now Under Pressure from school authorities to downplay The Incident and not to speak of their ordeal.

On Friday, the Gujarat Women Commission has ordered an investigation of this "shame on you exercise" and asked The Students to come forward and speak without fear about your complaints". The Police has lodged a complaint.

This is not the First Time that female students have been humiliated on account of periods.

In a case very similar to a boarding school in the North of India, of The Female warden, after they found blood on a door to the bathroom.

the discrimination of Women due to menstruation is widely used in India, where the periods were long taboo, and menstruating apply to Women as unclean. They are often excluded from social and religious events, was denied entry in temples and shrines kitchens kept.

Increasingly, the urban, educated Women were challenging these regressive ideas. In recent years, attempts have been made to see, periods of time for exactly what you are - a natural biological function.

But the success has been patchy.

In the year 2018, The Top court in a precedent, threw open The Doors of Sabarimala Shrine in order to Women of all age groups say that the attitude of Women from The Temple in the southern state of Kerala discriminatory.

But a year later, after massive protests in The State .

Surprisingly, the protesters, including a large number of Women - an indication of how deep the stigma is rooted on the menstrual.

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Source of news: bbc.com