Leeds will soon make sanitary products free to all young girls and women living in the city. The city’s council recently annouced a new initiative to tackle period poverty, which affects many women and girls worldwide. Sanitary products will soon be available free of charge throughout the city’s schools and libraries. Three months ago Scotland […]
7 years ago
This is a fantastic idea. The Scottish government has said that it plans to offer free sanitary products to all of its students. The £5.2m (€5.7) scheme has been created in an effort to banish period poverty. Approximately 395,000 students at schools, colleges and universities across Scotland will now have access to free sanitary products. Hey Girls, […]
7 years ago
Manufacturers have recalled 3,100 boxes of sanitary towels in France and Canada after a consumer magazine claimed they may contain ‘potentially toxic residues’. A team of researchers working for the 60 Millions de Consommateurs claim that some of the eleven brands they tested, including Always and Tampax, contain traces of harmful chemicals in them, such as cancer-causing dioxins and insecticides. […]
10 years ago