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Olivia Arthur Arunachalam Muruganantham at home in Coimbatore. Coimbatore, India. October, 2016. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur Poonamya, who works at a women and children's centre on the edge of Coimbatore, making low-cost sanitary pads using machines developed by Arunachalam Muruganantham at Jayaashree Industries. Coimbat (...)
Olivia Arthur Arunachalam Muruganantham in his workshop in Coimbatore. Muruga, as he is known, has spent many years developing a machine that women can use to make affordable sanitary pads. Coimbatore, India. Oc (...)
Olivia Arthur Arunachalam Muruganantham and his wife Shanti at their home in Coimbatore. Coimbatore, India. October, 2016. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur Arunachalam Muruganantham at home in Coimbatore. Coimbatore, India. October, 2016. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur The workshop at Jayaashree Industries where simplified sanitary pad machines are made and then taken to villages. Coimbatore, India. October, 2016. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur Arunachalam Muruganantham at home in Coimbatore. Coimbatore, India. October, 2016. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur Women working at a women and children's centre using the Jayaashree machines. Coimbatore, India. October, 2016. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur Women working at a women and children's centre using machines made at the Jayaashree workshop. Coimbatore, India. October, 2016. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur Premila Mary displays a handful of fluffed-up wood pulp that will become the lining of a sanitary pad. Premila Mary works at a women and children's centre on the edge of Coimbatore, which makes low (...)
Olivia Arthur A stack of just-made sanitary pads at a women and children's centre on the edge of Coimbatore. Coimbatore, India. October, 2016. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur Arunachalam Muruganantham at home in Coimbatore. Coimbatore, India. October, 2016. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur Sheets of compressed wood pulp are cut up, ready to be distributed to centres that are using the sanitary pad machines developed by Arunachalam Muruganantham. Coimbatore, India. October, 2016. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur Poonamya, and a colleague she works with at a women and children's centre on the edge of Coimbatore, making low-cost sanitary pads using machines developed by Arunachalam Muruganantham. Coimbatore, (...)
Olivia Arthur Women working at a women and children's centre using machines made by Arunachalam Muruganantham. Coimbatore, India. October, 2016. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos