The greatest price of period poverty is paid not only by individuals, who have no choice but to spend more on the products, but by nations, when women are put at medical and educational risk without access to sanitary menstrual products.
in Aberdeen, Scotland, that made free menstrual products available. The launch was small — 100 government-funded boxes of tampons and pads were given away on the periphery of a food bank — but the program suggested the reality of an alternative Scotland, where women’s and girls’ menstrual needs could be freely met.campaigners protested outside the Scottish Parliament
. Member of Scottish Parliament Monica Lennon, who introduced a bill called the Period Products Act the previous year, led the protest. Backed by trade unions, women’s organizations, and charities, the campaign made national news. By late 2020, Scottish women became the first in the world able to access free period products thanks to the Period Products Act, which wasThe legislation has also recently been boosted by technology.
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