 Napkin protest

Napkin protest is an online protest on social media against the alleged strip search carried on 15 women in Kochi, Kerala by Asma Rubber Products Pvt Ltd.

On December 10, 2014, 15 female employees of Asma Rubber Products Pvt Ltd, a glove manufacturing company located in Cochin Special Economic Zone (CSEZ), were strip searched by two women supervisors after a used sanitary napkin was found inside the toilet.One of the supervisors asked all of the women except those who didn't have uterus to come to toilet and subjected them to strip search.