The Conversation UKDid you know that in the UK period products are regulated under the same consumer legislation as candles? Find out why campaigners are calling for a change in the rules 👉 https://tcnv.link/0IafnlT
Bi SasquatchSource: @TheAdvocate4q66
From the article: "The Trump administration has revoked a $600,000 federal grant awarded to Southern University Agricultural and Mechanical College after conservative activists falsely claimed it was funding research on “menstrual cycles in transgender men.” The decision comes amid the administration’s broader crackdown on programs acknowledging transgender and nonbinary people."
#PeriodProducts #Menstruation #Health #WomensHealth
#TrangenderMen #Trangender #USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #Ignorance
https://www.advocate.com/news/usda-scraps-study-transgender-mention
De Groene CupFor millions of girls across Africa and Asia today, #Menstruation means staying home from school. Often, owing to a lack of #PeriodProducts, these girls miss up to a week of class every month.
For their families, pads are too expensive, too difficult to access or too taboo to prioritize over other needs. 1/2
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/opinion/girls-school-menstruation.html
What #PeriodProducts Are Best for the #Environment?
"#MenstrualCups are a really clear winner,” said Pippa Notten, a sustainability consultant who analyzed the environmental impact of menstrual products for the United Nations Environmental Program.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/climate/period-products-menstruation-environment.html
#MenstrualHygieneManagement #Menstruation #EcologicalFootprint
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈#States were putting #periodproducts in #school #bathrooms — then came the #antitrans #backlash.
The rise of #antitrans #legislation turned a #nonpartisan #health #issue #political.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Education #Menstruation #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://19thnews.org/2024/08/period-products-schools-anti-trans-backlash/
As #Tampon #Prices #Surge with #Inflation, We Need to Talk About The #Cost of #Womens #Healthcare
In recent years, the #price for #periodproducts has risen tremendously due to #profittaking being labled as #inflation, forcing #women throughout the #US to make difficult choices about their #expenses and their #wellbeing.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Health #Menstruation #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Misogyny
Michal Bryxí 🌱Do you have a free to grab #tampons / #periodProducts at the bathroom of your home?
*Free to grab == They are clearly visible, obviously on display "take if you need"
**I use them == I do/did/will have period
Yes & I use them
Yes & I don't use them
No & I use them
No & I don't use them
Poll ended at .
Nine Internet Solutions AGToday is Menstrual Hygiene Day! 🩸👩 This day serves to remove the taboo surrounding menstruation and raise awareness of the importance of good menstrual hygiene management worldwide – including in the workplace. 🙌🏻💼 We are already fully committed to equal opportunities and equal rights for all employees. 👌 To further promote this, we are now offering our female employees free period products in the office. 🚻😉 #menstrualhygieneday #women #female #support #periodproducts #office #nine
AutisticMumTo3Homeless women using t-shirts and old menstrual products for periods | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homeless-women-periods-rough-sleeping-b2526448.html
#Homelessness
#Homeless
#PeriodProducts
#RoughSleeping
#SubstitutesForPeriodProducts
#FeminineHygiene
moanos@guta I put together the following proposal based on a previous proposal of @BUnicycling
It adds
toilets:period_products=yes/no/limited
toilets:waste_bin=yes/no/limited
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Toilets:_Period_product_and_wastebin_availability
Please provide feedback (whether you are an #OSM contributor or not) so that I can work in the feedback before I start the official Request For Comments process!
#menstration #mapping #OpenStreetMap #PeriodProducts #Periodenarmut