🩸 Free Tampons? Scotland Just Did Something Historic
Scotland became the first country in the world to make tampons and other menstrual products free by law.
But here’s the big question: could something like that ever happen in Alaska?
Some local groups are already taking steps you might not know about.
Read the surprising Alaska connection:
👉🏿 https://tinyurl.com/zfn2xpxp
#PeriodEquity #WomensHealth #Scotland #Alaska #PeriodPoverty #PublicPolicy #Hygeine #Necessities #FreeTampons #Menstruation

A simply terrific story by Inky education reporter Melanie Burney focused on my South Jersey neck of the woods. “How a Haddon Heights student helped push legislation mandating period products in N.J. schools” #NewJersey #PhillyInquirer #PeriodPoverty #PeriodEquity

https://www.inquirer.com/education/haddon-heights-period-poverty-free-products-dispensers-aunt-flow-20231222.html

How a Haddon Heights student helped push legislation mandating period products in N.J. schools

A new law will make period products free in most N.J. schools in 2024-2025. Some districts are already providing them.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Women and girls are especially hard hit. Bereft of privacy, whether seeking refuge outside their homes or within the confines of home, the lack of running water in Gaza leaves women and girls grappling with a lack of essential hygiene tools, hindering their ability to maintain personal hygiene during menstruation."

https://electronicintifada.net/content/surviving-your-period-amid-genocide/42186

#FreePalestine #humanrights #apartheid #palestine #gaza #genocide #repression #periodequity #feminism #israelhamaswar #ceasefire
@palestine @israel

Surviving your period amid a genocide

Women and girls in Gaza have to navigate war, water scarcity and menstrual struggles.

The Electronic Intifada

Free period supplies are now available in bathrooms across San Mateo County Libraries.

“To mark the launch of our new #periodequity offering and in honor of Women's History Month, this event will explore themes of friendship, puberty, #MenstrualEquity and activism... This program is best suited for students in the 5th grade and up.”

#MenstrualEquity?? 😳😳

I will never forget a movie scene where #SwoosieKurtz’s character said she had drunk her menstrual blood. Damaged me for life. 🥹