1.7 million women in France lack sanitary protection.
In response to numerous requests from associations, the Secretary of State for Gender Equality Marlène Schiappa wants to put in place a strategy to fight against menstrual precariousness. “Yes, women’s periods must become subjects of public policy: free access to hygienic protection for those in difficulty, transparency / composition, recycling, industrial commitment, innovation: let’s break the taboo”, can we read on his twitter account .
Free hygienic protection
The idea is to experiment with free hygienic protection for precarious people in schools, hospitals and prisons.. This mission was entrusted to Senator Patricia Schillinger (LREM), who must study “the objectives and methods” of setting up such a device in several “collective places”.
Working poor, students, homeless… According to an Ifop survey for Solidarity Donations, 1.7 million women in France lack sanitary protection. More than one in three women do not change enough protection or use unsuitable products, increasing their risk of toxic shock. 12% of young girls did not go to class for this reason.
Chemical substances
“When you’re on your period and you’re not allowed to buy stuff, you’re going to chow down on towels, things and everything. But sometimes you don’t have time or you don’t have could, how do you do? You put newspapers, stuff… We never talk about that, why is this stuff not reimbursed by the social security? “, challenges the actress Corinne Masiero, who has known the street, in an interview granted to Raw.
Last year, a report by the Health Security Agency (ANSES) also deplored the fact that chemical substances “in very low concentration” were detected in feminine intimate protection, such as tampons, sanitary napkins or menstrual cups.
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