Strength TogetHER : Cohort 5

   7th November 2020 In the typical Nepali society, menstruation is still a taboo more than a monthly process. Many girls still get scared when they get their first period thinking as if it's a sin. And when she gets it for the first time, she is actually treated like it's a sin she has committed. She is forbidden and set under certain boundaries. She has to go through many cultures that makes no sense if we think for a while. Thus, we thought talking about this particular issue would be a really be fruitful. Strength TogetHER cohort 5 conducted its sixth session on 7th November,2020. Our moderator for the session was Ms. Simran Khatri, who has currently finished her bachelors in development studies. She is also the member of Global Peace women and Hatti Hatti. Having an approximate number of 15 girls, we started off with sharing the stories first. • Our first speaker said that she was really excited about her first period. She and her best friend planned to stay together when

  1st November, 2020. You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone. Change begins at the end of your comfort zone. You have to be honest about what you want to do and take risks rather than surround yourself around the bubble or be in your own state of mind. We should not remain in our comfort zone, if we want to make it big, we must challenge ourselves and succeed in doing well outside of our comfort zone.To challenge ourselves and to grow a little more, we had our fifth session on the topic, ' Stepping out of my comfort zone' .We were guided by a very enthusiastic and energetic person, Mrs. Aayusha Gupta who has currently ventured out on her own practice firm.She is a young chartered accountant and also loves talking to people of different background. To start with, we had few speakers who shared their inspiring stories which really had an impact on each one of us present there and motivated us to step out of our bubble.  ''I had a keen interest