period poverty
Free period product provision is in force at last - ‘If men were having these problems, it would have been sorted out in the stone age’
Free sanitary products are available in public buildings from today. Sophie Clarke talks to Pat Catney, the driving force behind the legislation to tackle period poverty and give women dignity
Lynette Fay: Ending period shame and the stigma around menstruation
I talk to people for a living.
Anne Hailes: Challenging the indignity of period poverty
No matter where in the world you are reading this you will probably be quite aware of women’s issues especially when it comes to menstruation and the menopause. Both are current talking points.
Period Poverty Bill to be brought to assembly
A BILL which would provide free period products in schools, colleges and public buildings, will progress next week.
Student who sews sanitary pads for refugees now leads 1,000 volunteers
University of Bristol student Ella Lambert, 21, founded the Pachamama Project in August 2020.
Lidl becomes first supermarket to offer free period products to those in need
SUPERMARKET chain Lidl is to become the first retailer of its kind in Northern Ireland to provide free period products to customers.
Ex-fitness instructor launches menstrual cup with women’s charities pledge
Julie Fitzpatrick previously owned a chain of pole fitness studios but decided to start up what is being dubbed Scotland’s first menstrual cup brand.
Fundraising drive to have erased 'period poverty' mural repainted
A STREET artist said her heart " is absolutely broken" after her mural to highlight period poverty was painted over - despite permission being given for the piece.
Anne Hailes: This Christmas beware that children's wonder can give way to worry
AFTER a very fractured year filled with sadness for families who now have to look to the past for happy memories, for others it’s the happiest date on the calendar, different this year but nonetheless a time for children to gasp in wonderment when they see the lights, the nativity scene and colourful boxes under the Christmas tree.
Peter Weir announces scheme to combat period poverty in schools
PERIOD products are to be made freely available to pupils in primary and secondary schools, Education Minister Peter Weir has announced.