Scotland has become first nation in the world to hand over Mandatory presence of menstrual products Free in public places. Term Excise Actwhich came into force today, August 15, confirmed that Term Excise (Exemption Provisions) Bill, released in 2020, but which was not then passed into law by the Scottish Parliament. From now on, anyone who needs menstrual products should be able to get them at schools and other public buildings for free, With the 2020 decree an important step along the way had already been seen in the years the northernmost country of the United Kingdom has gone through: since 2017 27 million pounds To ensure free access to pads and tampons.
Now you don’t have to choose between pasta and sanitary pads
“whereas rising cost of living“- he has declared monica lennonsponsor of the legislation in the Scottish Parliament – «The term Product Act represents a light of hope Which shows what can be achieved when politics comes together for the good of the people. The purpose of the law is to end menstrual poverty. “It’s a simplistic way of describing menstrual poverty,” the activist explains. Georgie Nicholson Feather BBC – «Go to the supermarket and you find yourself Choose between a pack of pasta and a pack of pads, according to federal estimates Hey girls, of which Nicholson is a part, one in four women in Britain have experienced poverty in their lifetime. Overcoming this incident is considered a step forward towards gender equality. «Many moms contact us when they decide to give up menstrual products in order to be able to put something on their kids’ tables», continues Nicholson, «and find themselves using. newspaper sheets wrapped in socks» and other emergency solutions, « because they are cheaper than menstrual products,
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