Periodic products available free of charge in Scotland

It is a first in the world on this scale and it is above all, for the Scottish Minister for Social Justice Shona Robison, a “fundamental step in terms of equality and dignity”. Tampons and sanitary napkins will be available free of charge from Monday in Scotland for all women with the entry into force of a law against menstrual poverty. The Scottish government has already been offering it since 2018 in schools and universities

Under this text voted in 2020 by the deputies of the British nation, local authorities and schools and universities will be legally obliged to provide periodic protection free of charge. A mobile phone application, PickMyPeriod, was launched to find the nearest distribution points.

In France, aid only for female students

The Scottish government, led by the separatists, presents its law as a first in the world and claims to have been followed on this path by New Zealand or South Korea. In France, sanitary protection is offered free of charge to female students.

“It is even more important at a time when people are having to make difficult choices because of the cost of living crisis,” added the Scottish executive, as inflation approaches 10% in the Kingdom United and soaring energy bills are hitting the poorest hardest.

A victory to the credit of “Lady Business”

The movement against menstrual poverty in the nation was led in particular by a group of high school girls, “Lady Business”. The girls had filled toilet dispensers at their school in central Scotland with hygiene products, before launching a campaign, speaking out at other schools and organizing a rally outside the Scottish Parliament. More than half of teenage girls (52%) have missed school due to their periods according to a May 2019 survey of 1,000 teenage girls in the UK.

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