Period Products Free for all Schools
As of yesterday, the 20th January 2020, all period products have been made free for every primary, secondary school and college including environmentally friendly reusable pads and menstrual cups. The scheme, brought in by the Department of Education, is to support the ‘period poverty’ throughout the country ensuring that all pupils that need support will […]
Quarter of Teachers Unprepared to Talk Periods
Over a quarter of teachers feel they are unprepared to teach lessons on menstruation with huge amounts of pupils going to them in distress about periods. As of September 2020, teaching menstruation will be compulsory in sex education so perhaps training should be required for some. When asked what educators need to be able to […]
