Today, following a decidedly muted but tumultuous USU Election, Honi joined the incoming and newly minted Board Directors to observe what the USU has been up to…
It shouldn’t be students’ job to provide period products on campus
Lack of free and accessible period products undermines education.
April 30, 2021
There have been several small victories in the fight for free and accessible period products. Recently, Victoria installed period product dispensing machines in every government school. South Australia has announced that it will provide free sanitary products to all students in Year 5 and above. Additionally, the New South Wales Education Department said they were “developing work on a pilot program” that would trial handing out free pads and tampons at schools.
However, these initiatives have not translated to tertiary institutions currently, no Australian university provides free, accessible sanitary products to their students. And as previously investigated by