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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Menstrual Hygiene Day: India! Whisper no more, stay free from period taboos

Respect for India’s ‘Nari Shakti’ rings hollow if we celebrate their triumphs in breaking glass ceilings while remaining silent on menstruation and hiding sanitary napkins in shame Balalakshmi encountered an ongoing struggle with persistent vaginal irritations and infections. Access to clean water, sanitary products and education on menstrual health are fundamental rights that empower women to maintain hygiene, prevent infections …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023: Which countries continue to have a tampon tax? What about India?

Firstpost

“Instead of sanitary pads, we use cloth which is made by our mother using old handkerchiefs and used clothes. In fact, the World Bank in a report in May 2022 wrote, “In total, an estimated 500 million lack access to menstrual products and adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene management.” Activists across the globe complain that for a large number of …

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2 years ago

Breaking the shame around menstruation: WNBL MVP Anneli Maley on period pride

ABC

Bendigo Spirit's Anneli Maley has plenty to be proud of — being the reigning WNBL MVP, her stint in the WNBA with Chicago Sky, playing for the Opals at the recent World Cup in Sydney. Key points: The WNBL will play its inaugural "Fighting Period Poverty" round this week Round 4 will raise awareness and support for those who can't …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Sri Lanka cuts tax on female hygiene products

The Hindu

Sri Lanka's government on Sunday cut taxes on female sanitary products in a bid to help women and girls unable to afford them because of the country's economic crisis. Even before the downturn last year, many schoolgirls and women in Sri Lanka, like in other poor countries, would stay home when menstruating because they couldn't afford sanitary products. A study …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Can you have a greener period?

Hindustan Times

Filmmaker Sugandhi Gadadhar spends half the month in the remote forests of India documenting wildlife. Environmental impact of popular products Overwhelmingly popular products like sanitary pads and tampons contain a lot of plastic. The popularity of these products is understandable given the time before pads "wasn't really great for women," says Supriya Garikipati, a gender economist at the University of …

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3 years ago

ACT government could soon be required to provide free period products in public places

ABC

Sanitary products would be accessible across the national capital to anyone who needs them under a new proposal to stamp out period poverty in the ACT. "Period poverty" refers to period products becoming unaffordable to some people — with some forced to experience their monthly cycle without sanitary products, improvising by using toilet paper, cloth or newspaper. The Period Products …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Red Cross partners with tissue manufacturing sector and Share the Dignity to reduce period poverty

ABC

A regional Australian Red Cross office is spearheading an initiative to end period poverty by providing free sanitary products to people who menstruate who cannot afford the necessary sanitary items. Key points: One in five people who menstruate have had to improvise with the way they manage their period due to the cost of sanitary products Period poverty in regional …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Greens call on Scott Morrison to fund free sanitary products in all public high schools

ABC

Emma Johnston thought of periods when she was asked to come up with ways to make her school a better place. Key points: The Parliamentary Budget Office says it would cost about $25 million a year to offer free period products to all school students The Greens want the federal government to commit to that funding Some Australian states already …

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3 years, 8 months ago

'Waste not, want not,' minimalists say

China Daily

Su displays her replacement for sanitary napkins and paper kitchen towels. CHINA DAILY As an eco-minimalist, Su Yige has maintained an environmentally friendly and sustainable lifestyle for the past three years while studying in Canada. As she has attended online classes at home in Toronto for the past year, Su hasn't used any sanitary napkins and avoids almost all paper-related …

3 years, 9 months ago

Tasmanian schools to provide free pads and tampons for students

ABC

It's every teenage girl's worst nightmare — getting their period at school and not having any sanitary items. Key points: Period products will be free for girls in Tasmanian state schools from term three this year A 14-year-old girl in northern Tasmania prompted the change after she sent a letter to Education Minister Jeremy Rockliff A school in the state's …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Female Soldiers to be Given Sanitary Products for the First Time in UK

News 18

Female soldiers are being issued sanitary napkins for the first time by the Armed Forces in the UK. Minister for the Armed Forces, James Heappey announced that there will be sanitary products available on operations for female soldiers, ending the provision where the personnel had to pack their supplies. Heappey explained that there would be a ‘provisions box’ made available …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Britain to Stop Charging VAT on Tampons, Sanitary Towels, Credits Brexit for Abolishing Tax

News 18

Britain will stop charging VAT on tampons and sanitary towels from Friday, the finance ministry announced, saying Brexit made it possible to drop the sales tax on essential period products. Its departure means it no longer has to apply an EU law mandating a minimum five percent tax on sanitary products, classed as non-essential luxury items, the Treasury said. “It’s …

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4 years ago

Inadequate Menstrual Hygiene Facilities Impeding Right to Education: Jammu & Kashmir HC Seeks Center's Response

Live Law

"Deprived economic status and illiteracy leads to prevalence of unhygienic and unhealthy practices which has serious health consequences," remarked the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday while taking suo moto notice of lack of access to education and menstrual hygiene for women in the Union Territories. When addressing the Right to Education and menstrual hygiene, the Court stated, "Inadequate …

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4 years ago

Scotland becomes first nation to make sanitary pads, tampons free

India Today

On Tuesday, Scotland became the first country to make sanitary products free. With this new bill, called the Period Products Scotland Bill, tampons and sanitary pads will be available free of cost at designated public places such as community centres, youth clubs and pharmacies. Sturgeon also took to Twitter to say, "Proud to vote for this groundbreaking legislation, making Scotland …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Tesco apologises for confusion over sale of tampons in Wales

The Independent

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A short-lived Tesco tweet deeming sanitary products “non-essential” has sparked outrage and …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus is exacerbating menstruation health risks for those living in 'period poverty'

ABC

The pandemic has seen some women and girls resorting to socks and old newspapers when getting their periods as menstrual products become more expensive or harder to obtain. Key points: A report found more than 800 million women are living in period poverty every day A report found more than 800 million women are living in period poverty every day …

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