Period People Are Taking Over the World, And You Can Join Them!
What a time to be alive! It seems that more and more, talk of periods is reaching the public forum. From plans to combat #PeriodPoverty hitting #GE2017 manifestos, to period emojis... the fight to break the stigma and in turn, ensure no girl or woman feels unprepared, uncomfortable or ashamed is well and truly underway.
So, if you want to get more involved with the wider dialogue around period equality and social justice, take a peek at the following opportunities and events.
The House of St Barnabas and The Social Change Agency present Justice.Period. - an interactive panel discussion looking into the issues currently surrounding periods, designed to uncover insights into the future of period justice. Oh, did I mention... TICKETS ARE FREE.
Half of women aged 18-34 would find it easier to talk to their partner about their period if there was a period emoji – that’s why we’re calling for a #periodemoji to be made available on keyboards worldwide. We’ll submit the winning emoji design to the Unicode Consortium, but all you need to do is vote for your favourite today!
Sadly I missed this opportunity as I was away in Leicester at the time, but it's worth keeping an eye on the brilliant work of our friends at Bloody Good Period in London, who provide materials to make much-needed sanitary pad bags for the lovely ladies at the asylum seeker centre, as well as holding collections for sanitary items, baby products and toiletries.
'Tampon Tax Girl', or in my view - Tampon Tax Queen, Laura Coryton is encouraging P&G to support The Homeless Period Projects. P&G already have an amazing donation system in place, but Laura wants this to be 'their next BIG change'. P&G claim to accept projects that (a) provide poorer families with everyday essentials or (b) improve hygiene education. 'We think that The Homeless Period Project does both pretty damn effectively,' she writes.
#FightForFree Free Sanitary Products for Girls on Free School Meals - Change.org
Amika George is petitioning Prime Minister Theresa May to provide free sanitary products to girls receiving free school meals to ensure no more girls in the UK are forced to miss school because they cannot access basic sanitary care. 'It’s beyond shocking that British schoolgirls, like me, are facing the same struggles as Kenyan schoolgirls,' she writes. 'Girls as young as 11 are suffering the shame of using socks, or taping tissue to underwear is not just unacceptable, but can seriously jeopardise the health of these young girls.'
#FightForFree Free Sanitary Products for Girls on Free School Meals - Change.org
Amika George is petitioning Prime Minister Theresa May to provide free sanitary products to girls receiving free school meals to ensure no more girls in the UK are forced to miss school because they cannot access basic sanitary care. 'It’s beyond shocking that British schoolgirls, like me, are facing the same struggles as Kenyan schoolgirls,' she writes. 'Girls as young as 11 are suffering the shame of using socks, or taping tissue to underwear is not just unacceptable, but can seriously jeopardise the health of these young girls.'
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