Periodic Protection will be available for free starting Monday

From Monday 15 August, tampons and sanitary pads will be free for all women in Scotland. The law to combat the instability of the menstrual cycle enters into force.

Under this provision voted in 2020 by the British nation’s MPs, local authorities, schools and universities will be legally obligated to provide periodic protection free of charge. The mobile application, PickMyPeriod, It was launched (in English) In order to find the nearest distribution points.

The Scottish government, led by the separatists, presents its law as the first of its kind in the world and claims that New Zealand or South Korea have followed this path. In France, health protection is provided free of charge to female students.

“Providing access to free health protection is essential in terms of equality and dignity”Social Justice Minister Shauna Robinson stressed in a press release. “It’s even more important at a time when people are forced to make difficult choices because of the cost of living crisis”He added, with inflation approaching 10% in the UK and high energy bills hitting the poorest groups hard.

The Scottish government has already introduced sanitary pads and tampons in schools and universities since 2018. The movement against menstrual instability in the country has been carried out in particular by the high school girls’ group, Business Woman. The girls had filled toilet dispensers at their school in central Scotland with hygiene products, before launching a campaign, speaking out at other schools and organizing a rally outside the Scottish Parliament.

More than half (52%) of teenage girls have missed school due to their periods according to a May 2019 survey of 1,000 teenage girls in the UK.