Remember Govandi ki shaan Saleha Khan? mid-day had reported about the 18-year-old last month after she was selected as one of the delegates for the Goalkeepers '18, an event organised by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in New York on September 25-26. The padwoman of Govandi slums, who has counselled over 3,000 women, as well as men, on menstrual hygiene and sanitation, has just added another feather to her cap — she has been selected to represent India at the Partners Forum in Delhi in December.

"I have seen the suffering of women in the slum during menstruation. So, I wanted to spread awareness among people. After local social workers counselled and motivated me, I got myself involved in it and, soon, started taking sessions, teaching women and men about the importance of sanitation," said the youngster.