'Negotiations ongoing' on zero VAT rate for newer period products like menstrual cups
A report launched today found that extensive research is required to examine the impact of period poverty in Ireland.
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A report launched today found that extensive research is required to examine the impact of period poverty in Ireland.
The report comes as two senators have put forward proposed legislation on the issue.
The Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill will introduce a legal right of free access to items such as tampons in public buildings.
Menstrual Cycle Awareness facilitator Kitty Maguire says the recent banning of an ad for tampons missed the point entirely.
The health minister said women are facing significant costs paying for sanitary products.
Young female activists are working to improve people’s lives in the largest urban slum in Africa, Kibera.
Results from 13 studies suggest that 70% of women wanted to continue using menstrual cups once they knew how to use them.
The Seanad heard that in many public buildings, such as Leinster House, tampons and sanitary pads cost €2 each.
A motion calling for this has received unanimous support in the Dáil.
We’re through the looking glass here.
Some women simply don’t have enough money to buy sanitary products so councils are piloting a scheme to distribute them in public buildings, writes Rebecca Moynihan.
Despite being essential, sanitary products are often priced as if they are luxury goods.
Around half of girls in Scotland had used socks and newspaper during their periods because they could not afford to buy sanitary products.
61% of Irish teenage girls are embarrassed about their period.
The Homeless Period Dublin is ensuring that women who are homeless or in direct provision don’t go without sanitary products.
“People’s first response has always been, ‘I never thought about this as a need. We just take it for granted that everyone gets on with it!’”