Period Poverty Archives – The College View

We need to re-evaluate how we greet our Aunt Flo

August 22, 2020

The recent expulsion of the Tampax advertisement from Irish television has triggered a wave of national debate surrounding the stigmatised, euphemised natural occurrence that is periods.

It’s time to move away from period poverty

June 21, 2020

The New Zealand government said they will begin to provide free sanitary products in schools across the country to help tackle period poverty, a problem that affects young girls and women of all ages throughout the world.

It’s time to step away from period poverty

June 21, 2020

Period poverty refers to the inability to access menstrual products, because of financial difficulties and often leads to women missing work, college or school.

USI will campaign for free sanitary products in colleges

November 27, 2019

The Students Union of Ireland (USI) proposed a motion campaign for free sanitary products for students.

Government establishes committee to tackle period poverty

October 16, 2019

The government has established a new committee to deal with the issue of period poverty in Ireland.