As I reflect on Endometriosis Awareness month, I am always surprised about how little people know about a condition that affects around 200 million people worldwide – an equal amount to women suffering with diabetes. […]
“It’s a shame” – Period Poverty and The Narrative of Shame
This discusses the sexist ‘shame’ that follows menstruation and the effect this shame has on campaigns trying to tackle period poverty.
About Bloody Time – The New Period Emoji
Need to vent about your period cramps in the group chat? Now you can! The myth that periods are “gross” and should be kept under wraps has long needed to be dispelled. The emoji, which […]
Sanitary Products as Standard
Students celebrated the introduction of sanitary products from free vending machines throughout Leeds University Union toilets on Tuesday 29th January. Students can now collect tampons and sanitary pads from hygienic vending machines in the female […]
Leeds girls ‘too poor’ for tampons
Teenage girls in Leeds are missing school because they can’t afford sanitary products. Freedom4girls, a campaign group that provides women and girls with sanitary products in Kenya, were contacted by a local school who were concerned […]