“We aim to enhance women athlete performance in sport and ensure their overall well-being”
Simply Period is an initiative started by Simply Sport Foundation.
At Simply Sport Foundation we promote sports as an effective tool for the development of the nation. We focus on policy research and grassroot development. Sports can be a huge enabler for millions of people in India and we want to play a role as a catalyst in making this happen.
In a survey on menstruation and sports, with over 240 athletes – these were the following insights
Athletes preferred to play during their periods
Athletes confirmed being trained just like men
Athletes confirmed not being comfortable discussing menstruation with their coaches
Athletes felt skipping training during periodss will negatively affect performance
Athletes felt they had no choice given by coaches but to train
Purpose
“We strive to establish a new paradigm in fitness & wellbeing that celebrates the unique identity of women”
Approach
The best practices for training & fitness have been developed over the years primarily based on male athlete research.
We aspire to shift this paradigm by building a comprehensive playbook that enhances the long term wellbeing of active women and to reach out to over 100,000 female athletes & coaches through our workshops, knowledge resources, access to experts and research.
Impact
600 Athletes
500 Coaches
28 Workshops
- Partners
- Meet Our Team
Aaditya Ranade
| Volunteer, Simply Periods
Aaditya Ranade is originally from Mumbai and has been volunteering with SSF since the last 4 months or so alongside Aditi & team mainly on the Menstruation Awareness project. He is a graduate from IIT Kanpur-IIM Calcutta & currently works in the Products Business team of Urban Company. He was also a competitive state level tennis player and was quite active in student leadership roles in the domain of sports in his institutes. With SSF, he found the perfect opportunity to leverage his professional set of skills in his field of interest.
Tanazz Anklesaria Pir
| Program Lead, Simply Periods
Tanazz has a BA in Psychology and is a Gandhi Fellow.
Over the last 10 years she has worked in different capacities – as a coordinator for a children’ s education project, preschool teacher, and a program manager for a project focusing on developing social emotional skills using sports.
Manasi Satalkar
| Research Lead, Simply Periods
Manasi is a Postgrad in sports rehab and has a past experience in treating injuries of swimmers, track and field athletes, and footballers. Currently, she is teaching exercise physiology and has an active interest in injury prevention, doping and talent identification.
Aditi Mutatkar
| Head- Athlete and Women Initiatives
Aditi won five national badminton championships in all categories and represented the Indian badminton team in international tournaments. She is a silver medalist in mixed team events at the 2010 CWG. She achieved career best world ranking of 27 in 2008. She has a masters degree in Public Administration from University of Texas as well as a certificate in Public policy from Takshashila Institution.
