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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
Indigenous education advocates are calling for a reality check, as a North Sydney School faces on-going fallout from creating Black Lives Matter posters in a classroom exercise.
It was revealed on Wednesday that a teacher may face disciplinary action for a conducting an activity in February that involved students in years 5 & 6 creating posters that supported the Black Lives Matter movement and to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody.
The materials have since been removed and a review was announced by the New South Wales Education Department to see if disciplinary action will be taken against the teacher.
It s a series of actions that CEO of IndigenousX and former teacher, Luke Pearson, told NITV News is ludicrous .
Imagine having your period and no money for pads or tampons. Would you still go to school? theconversation.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theconversation.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.