How Free Sanitary Products In Schools Could Help Tackle Period Poverty
Today is international Menstrual Hygiene Day and still kids go to school without regular access to pads or tampons in Australia.
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Getting your period in your primary or high school years can be painful, stressful and scary. Yet only half of our states and territories help students by providing them free sanitary items.
Period poverty, or the inability to access period products due to “financial barriers, lack of resources, or discrimination” can become a serious barrier to education, Junkee reported in February.
The act mandates local authorities to provide free period products to all, and officially implements a 2017 initiative ensuring schools, colleges and universities provide free sanitary products in their toilets.
Other countries are following Scotland’s lead: in 2020 England began funding period products for primary and secondary schools, and
In Australia, the campaign to eliminate period poverty gathered momentum through the work of Isobel Marshall and Eloise Hall, who established
TABOO in 2017 to combat menstrual stigma and period poverty. TABOO sells 100% organic cotton pads and tampons, and donates its proceeds to menstrual projects in Global South countries. In 2021 Marshall was named
New government trial will see public school students receive sanitary products for free dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.