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Fight for equality through free menstrual products
SPD and advocates cause-free menstrual products.
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Dormagen The SPD and Bündnis90 / Die Grüne are calling for the provision of free menstrual products and are putting the subject up for discussion in the committee.
It is no secret that menstrual products are more expensive than average and the subject of “period poverty” is not unknown in this country. Therefore, SPD and Bündnis90 / Die Grünen are now demanding free menstrual products in public places, such as schools or the city’s library. From Dorman to Green Party politician Nana Walraf, this topic is a personal concern: “It is certainly overdue and very important. This topic affects so many people in the world and it should go without saying that women have free access to these products, ”she explains to the editorial team.
Laurenz Tygelkamp (SPD), chairman of the Youth Welfare Committee, explains: “At the monthly Hartz IV standard rate for health care at only 17.02 euros, these products are not even considered separately.” Make hygiene products available, “says Nana Walraf. Reducing VAT on period products from 19 per cent to 7 per cent on January 1 last year is not enough. If women do not have access to menstrual products, health and psychological burdens are the result. Lorenz Tigelkamp gives the example: “In Scotland, New Zealand and France, while in others, free menstrual items are provided in public places, there is still no nationwide regulation in this country.” For this reason, parliamentary groups are active Want to be local politics and jointly apply for the next meeting of the city council to offer controlled and free distribution of pads and tampons to all secondary schools in Dormegen. “We are thinking, for example, such dispensers About establishing that both meets hygienic requirements and incorporates different product forms, “the Social Democrat explains. In another step, it should be investigated whether public authorities such as civic offices and public buildings such as the city The library or city The extent to which the free offer can be implemented in the K pool.
“In order to know about the free provision of hygiene articles in schools and public places and so that problems related to menstruation can also be considered more widely in society, then comprehensive information about the introduction should be provided,” Nana Walraf explains. Lorenz Tigelkamp concluded: “We propose that the proposal is initially limited to two years so that later experiences, responses and costs can be assessed.”
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