CORID-19 Two supermarket chains in Ireland and the United Kingdom generously offer sanitary napkins and tampons to address the ‘period poverty’ that charities claim erupted during the pandemic. Liddle said the discount store in Ireland would become the first department store in the world. Sanitary napkins and tampons are being offered free of cost to retailers at branches across the country. The initiative was launched in May as the Irish Parliament is considering a plan to make vintage items free for anyone in need. Last November, Scotland became the first country to produce generic pads and tampons.
In the UK, shoppers may ask staff for “a package left over for Sandy” as part of a low-key initiative to ensure that some Morrisons supermarket branches deliver key vintage products.
A Morrison spokesman told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that the program had not been developed nationwide, but could be expanded in the future.
Period Poverty – Lack of access to period products, washing products and education – can increase the risk of girls and women missing out on school or work and infection and toxic shock syndrome.
“In the first country in the world like ours, no one has to choose to feed themselves or their family or buy period products,” said Claire Hunt, founder of Homeless Period Ireland, which campaigns on the issue.
A study by International Charity Plan International found that half of 12-19 year olds in Ireland struggled to buy vintage products, using inappropriate alternatives due to 10% cost.
Lid said the app will offer customers a coupon through an app for generic napkins or tampons each month and donate sanitary products to a charity for the homeless who do not have access to a smartphone.
He also works with the Ladies Gaelic Football Association to provide generic vintage goods to clubs across the country.
In 2018, Scotland became the first country in the world to provide generic pads and tampons to schools, colleges and universities. England and Wales have since launched similar programs.
A 2017 survey by Plan International found that one in seven girls in the UK find it difficult to buy sanitary products.
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