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It would seem, Maya, that you don't fully understand period poverty. We've put together a thread for you.
Our work focused on schools and educational settings - supporting over 5,000 in the UK - and period poverty was, and still is, very much real and 'a thing' in the UK
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Our work focused on schools and educational settings - supporting over 5,000 in the UK - and period poverty was, and still is, very much real and 'a thing' in the UK
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Period products are widely available, yes, but when your budget is small and spent on other living costs such as rent, energy and food - there's isn't much budget, if any, left for period products
We, sadly, regularly hear of families struggling to purchase period products
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We, sadly, regularly hear of families struggling to purchase period products
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Yes, there are value ranges of period products - but we're sure you can agree that not every brand or product meets the need for each period - more so if your period changes every cycle
The value range products might not be comfortable, nor have the right absorbance levels
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The value range products might not be comfortable, nor have the right absorbance levels
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۱/چند ماهی است که در فضای اجتماعی گفتگوهای بی‌پایانی درباره #کاپ_قاعدگی درگرفته. در این #رشتو توضیح می‌دهم که چرا سال‌هاست در کلاس‌های مبانی مطالعات جنسیت‌ام یک هفته رو به مساله قاعدگی اختصاص می‌دم و چرا #بهداشت_قاعدگی و #فقر_قاعدگی رو مسایل مرتبط به عدالت اجتماعی می‌بینم.
۲/ قبل از هرچیز بگم که تنها زنان نیستند که پریود می‌شوند. مردان ترنس و افراد جامعه اینترسکس از افراد دیگری هستند که نه‌تنها پریود می‌شوند بلکه با شرم ناشی از این مساله و تابوهای اجتماعی‌اش دست و پنجه نرم می‌کنند.
۳/ علی‌رغم وجود آموزش جنسی در دبیرستان، در بسیاری از ایالت‌های آمریکا و از جمله #مینه‌سوتا در بیشتر مدارس به پسرها درباره قاعدگی حرفی زده نمیشه. دانشجوهام برام موارد زیادی رو تعریف کردند که در مدارس به دخترها گفته شده حق ندارند جلوی پسرها چیزی راجع به پریود بگویند.
Looking forward to hearing more about the latest research on how those in the UK that experience #PeriodPoverty have been impacted by the #Coronavirus pandemic #PeriodsInAPandemic
First @EmmaCraddock89 & @bloody_spoonie give a brief overview of the "Periods In A Pandemic" project- focusing on how women, girls & people who menstruate have managed their menstrual health during the pandemic #PeriodsInAPandemic
Williams says that the project sought not only to inform how #PeriodPoverty initiatives have adapted and could improve during the pandemic, as well as centre the voices & experiences of those affected in the policymaking debate #PeriodsInAPandemic
So today @niassembly had the 2nd reading of the #periodpoverty bill. During which we learned @JimAllister has done enough research to quote @Docstockk while @PaulaJaneB said many trans people were severely mentally ill and @SineadBradleySD used #intersex people as a gotcha.
@JimAllister: "Here is a bill addressing an issue for Women & Girls and yet those words are not used anywhere in this legislation. That seems to me to be foolish and wrong. If we legislate for free period products for those who need them then we’re legislating for women and girls
& that’s everyone who needs them. End of. Because men do not need period products. Boys do not have to go through that experience. "
@PaulaJaneB: "Do you not think the language you are using today is very offensive to those members of the transgender community, many of whom
@PaulaJaneB: "Do you not think the language you are using today is very offensive to those members of the transgender community, many of whom
It’s #InternationalPodcastDay🎙️ & a big 🌏of #podcasts out there. We want to give a shout out to #PacificPodcasts that inspire, amuse, encourage challenge us every time we listen 🙌🏽 ❤️. Season 2 of #VosaPodcast kicks off soon, but in the meantime make sure you check out 👇🏽 1/ 
The @DeepPacificPod covers cultural, political & social issues facing #Pasifika everywhere. By sharing great stories from across the #Pacific 🌊 it successfully manages to bring us all a little closer. Dive in: deeppacific.org #InternationalPodcastDay🎙#PacificPodcasts 2/
On Sistas Let's Talk, host @wayne_hilda has covered #Pacificwomen in business, sport, & love, while tackling #climatechange, #mentalhealth & #periodpoverty & its only S1 🙌🏽🥇.
Listen: @radioaustralia
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Listen: @radioaustralia
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Good morning & Welcome to our Tweet Discussion on the topic: "Empowering Boys as Role Models towards Effective Hygiene & Menstruation" with @elovianinitiative on this #BoysDay We are really excited to host her. Tweet using the #BoysAndMHM and #SHPTweetSeries to follow through.
Eloviano Afakpe is a Blogger, Project Manager, Mental Health & Education Enthusiasts & the founder of Elovia Initiative “Boys Matter”. She’s a very passionate humanitarian who’s into Teen/Youth & Boy Child Advocacy. She strongly believes in “Humanity before Gender” #BoysAndMHM
Let's get started!
Q1. Welcome @eloviainitiativ to #BoysAndMHM Kindly tell us more about you, and what your organization is doing to for the Boy Child.
#SHPTweetSeries
#InternationalBoysDay #BoysMatterToo #IBD2029
Q1. Welcome @eloviainitiativ to #BoysAndMHM Kindly tell us more about you, and what your organization is doing to for the Boy Child.
#SHPTweetSeries
#InternationalBoysDay #BoysMatterToo #IBD2029
Next week is #InternationalWomensWeek 💜
To celebrate we have worked with a number of @UofGlasgow bodies, clubs & socs to bring you a whole week of events!
Check them all out here 👉
glasgowstudent.net/events/womens-…
Or scroll down this thread for a preview of each!
#EachforEqual ♀️
To celebrate we have worked with a number of @UofGlasgow bodies, clubs & socs to bring you a whole week of events!
Check them all out here 👉
glasgowstudent.net/events/womens-…
Or scroll down this thread for a preview of each!
#EachforEqual ♀️
📅Monday 9th March
▶️ Literary Legends Stall - @uofglibrary | All Week
Throughout #IWW2020 we’ll have a stall on Level 3 of the library with a selection of female literary legends!
👉 facebook.com/events/6318191…
▶️ Literary Legends Stall - @uofglibrary | All Week
Throughout #IWW2020 we’ll have a stall on Level 3 of the library with a selection of female literary legends!
👉 facebook.com/events/6318191…
📅Monday 9th March
▶️ Women’s Literature Book Swap - Gilchrist PG Club WeeG Seminar Room | 10am - 11am
Swing by the WeeG in the @TheGilchristPG Café for a spot of tea, coffee, and feminist literature!
👉 facebook.com/events/6010402…
▶️ Women’s Literature Book Swap - Gilchrist PG Club WeeG Seminar Room | 10am - 11am
Swing by the WeeG in the @TheGilchristPG Café for a spot of tea, coffee, and feminist literature!
👉 facebook.com/events/6010402…
#periodpoverty -- It is often said that this is a major cause of school absenteeism by girls in UK. What is the evidence?
Interesting white paper by PHS (company awarded the Department for Education contract to deliver 'free' products to all schools)
phs.co.uk/media/2401/phs…
Interesting white paper by PHS (company awarded the Department for Education contract to deliver 'free' products to all schools)
phs.co.uk/media/2401/phs…
89 % of teenage girls *believe* that period poverty is a real issue
But in the PHS survey not being able to afford supplies is the *least* common reason cited for missing school due to periods....
The main reason (40x more prevalent) was pain.
The main reason (40x more prevalent) was pain.
OK so one more thing about the #periodpoverty campaigns being promoted by sanpro companies, govt and major NGOs. Its this: this is rebranding the "Tampax lady" who used to come into schools, for the woke age. Its corporate CSR
Which doesn't necessarily mean it should be dismissed. But its worth being aware of what the commercial incentives are; sell more product, sell more premium product.
Companies may have some altruistic concern but they would also like every woman to spend more on their products
Companies may have some altruistic concern but they would also like every woman to spend more on their products
Where is the robust evidence that "period poverty" is widespread (yes there is poverty, no it is not solved by providing sanpro. Most people even on low incomes can afford Sanpro) and yet #periodpoverty is a major branding effort into schools.....why....🤔
[tax] & [feminism] So the #tampontax. How much does it cost women? The govt (@HMRCgovuk ) publish these things called Tax Impact and Information Notes on new tax policies. They published one on the proposal to reduce VAT on period products from 5% to 0 gov.uk/government/pub…
Their estimate is that that the 5% tax raises £15m . This would mean that women in the UK are spending £315m a year on sanpro.
They say there are 18m women of childbearing age.
So that suggests £17.50 on average per year spent.
Of which 88p is the #tampontax
They say there are 18m women of childbearing age.
So that suggests £17.50 on average per year spent.
Of which 88p is the #tampontax
If the tampon tax had stayed at 20% it would have cost us each on average £3.50 each per year, making our total average tampon bill £20 per year
£20 per year is not a material amount to anyone's welfare.
£3.50 a year even less so.
88p? Why are we still talking about this?
£20 per year is not a material amount to anyone's welfare.
£3.50 a year even less so.
88p? Why are we still talking about this?
a thread about periods; buckle up.
Just wrote an article on #periodpoverty, #periodshame, and access to #menstruation products — regardless of gender identity.
#Brookline, MA is the first town to legislate FREE products, tamps and pads, all over town, starting in 2021.
Just wrote an article on #periodpoverty, #periodshame, and access to #menstruation products — regardless of gender identity.
#Brookline, MA is the first town to legislate FREE products, tamps and pads, all over town, starting in 2021.
I know firsthand was period shame and period poverty are — and how they can fuck with you. When I got my period at 11, I felt immediately broken and less-than. I'd internalized ideas that I was gross, smelly, dirty. I cried to my mother and she assured me I was still amazing.
Later in life, as things got harder and harder, period poverty crept in. The amount of times we had to use balled up toilet paper — or hope someone had a tampon or pad (tamps were often not used due to "virginity" issues) ... was a lot. Sometimes we just didn't have the money....
For #IWD2019, we'd like to highlight how our members, alongside @BhamUniUnison and the other campus trade unions, are standing up for women's rights @unibirmingham #UoBWomen
For years, we've been campaigning for @unibirmingham to do the right thing and become a Real #LivingWage employer. This move would significantly benefit women, who are disproportionately represented in low paid work on campus #IWD2019 #UoBWomen
We're currently negotiating with @unibirmingham to support #PeriodPoverty and make sanitary products freely available to staff and students #IWD2019
I'm fed up because lots of people have done the #RSE consultation - sex ed experts, menstruation researchers, womb-related illness charities, fertility experts, PSHE teachers, student charities, school pupils, parents, you name it. 2/?
I am so cross I have not threaded my tweets properly. And even the consultation response document acknowledged loads of ppl mentioned periods, yet the guy who presumably wrote it does not understand menstruation enough, because he 'limited' teaching of it. 3/?
Like... does @DamianHinds understand that menarche and menopause bookend the menovulatory lifetime? Is he punking us and making a 'limits' 'end of menstruation' 'menopause' joke? Sorry - I need a cup of tea. 4/?
A THREAD
We’ve been challenged often since we began #RedBoxProject as to whether #PeriodPoverty is ‘real’
We’ve seen many more comments since @DavidLammy supported #FreePeriods legal campaign for free menstrual products in all schools, so felt a thread could be useful👇
We’ve been challenged often since we began #RedBoxProject as to whether #PeriodPoverty is ‘real’
We’ve seen many more comments since @DavidLammy supported #FreePeriods legal campaign for free menstrual products in all schools, so felt a thread could be useful👇
Sceptics tend to focus on the cheapness of supermarket brands (a packet of 12 pads can cost less than £1) & quite often comment on what is seen as a carelessness/ imprudence on part of parents who fail to provide such products for their kids
There’s so much to unpick!
There’s so much to unpick!
1) We know period poverty exists because we have independent data that tells us so, e.g.:
@PlanUK’s research found 1 in 10 girls were unable to afford menstrual protection
@YouGov research for @MayorofLondon found 14% of young women had had to improvise sanitary wear
@PlanUK’s research found 1 in 10 girls were unable to afford menstrual protection
@YouGov research for @MayorofLondon found 14% of young women had had to improvise sanitary wear
