Submitted by Sophie Rogers on Monday 25th March 2024
Published on Wednesday 17th April 2024
Current status: Open
Open until: Thursday 17th October 2024
Current Signatures: 79
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Fund free period products for all females
As a female living in the UK at times I can’t afford monthly period products. We believe it's time the Government made period products free to access for women who have no choice in having periods.
Period poverty affects many women and girls in the UK:
- According to Plan International UK, one in ten girls cannot afford sanitary products.
- A survey conducted by Plan International UK found that 49% of girls have missed an entire day of school because they couldn't afford period products.
A 2019 study found a woman spends £10.24 per month on menstrual products, adding up to £4,916 during an average reproductive lifetime.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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