{"id":64848,"date":"2022-12-12T13:10:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T13:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=64848"},"modified":"2023-10-11T09:49:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T08:49:27","slug":"period-poverty-the-struggle-for-welsh-government-to-commit-to-free-period-products-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/12\/12\/period-poverty-the-struggle-for-welsh-government-to-commit-to-free-period-products-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Period poverty: the struggle for Welsh government to commit to free period products for all"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A \u2018period proud Wales\u2019 is the promise of the government by 2027, but will this really be enough to eradicate period poverty in Wales?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-1366x768.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-1366x768.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Yellow-Illustrative-How-to-Make-Money-on-Social-Media-Infographic-Presentation-169.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">What does period poverty really mean for Wales? Credit: Maggie Gannon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Approximately over 3 million adults in the UK have been affected by hygiene poverty in the last year, according to the Hygiene Bank\u2019s poverty report 2022, with the number only set to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term hygiene poverty is used by the Hygiene Bank to describe when someone has gone without basic hygiene products or sanitary items like period products because they are unable to afford them. Making period products free and accessible to those that need them has become a big talking point in Wales. Grassroots campaigns and a Welsh MS have recently tried to introduce a new law to do just this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hygiene Bank\u2019s poverty report is the first national study to investigate the effect of hygiene poverty in the UK, with an added focus on how the current cost-of-living crisis is affecting those who are finding themselves on tight budgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehygienebank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hygiene-Bank_2022_Hygiene_Poverty_report_v9.0.pdf\">The report<\/a> found that <strong>\u201c<\/strong>31% of those who identified as women experiencing hygiene poverty said they\/their household had gone without period products.\u201d This largely aligns with research from YouGov which stated that \u201cone in eight [are] likely to struggle to afford sanitary products\u201d over the course of the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Period poverty\u2019s definition and its understanding came under close examination in the <a href=\"https:\/\/yougov.co.uk\/topics\/politics\/articles-reports\/2022\/09\/14\/period-poverty-one-eight-likely-struggle-afford-sa\">YouGov<\/a> research mentioned above, but it is most commonly defined as \u201cbeing unable to access sanitary products and having a poor knowledge of menstruation often due to financial constraints\u201d, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyform.co.uk\/our-world\/period-poverty\/\">Bodyform UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was reported by YouGov that 67% of Britons would support a legislation similar to that of the Scottish government to make sanitary products free and accessible to all that need them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is something that Welsh MS Heledd Fychan proposed to the Welsh government on 9 November, but her argument was rejected by the Labour-led Senedd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-1366x768.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-1366x768.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Heledd-Campaign-photo-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heledd Fychan&#8217;s campaign has received a lot of support but hasn&#8217;t yet been able to get past the Welsh government. Credit: Heledd Fychan <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fychan\u2019s campaign to introduce a free period products act in Wales has been fuelled by her view that: \u201cintroducing laws to secure changes in attitudes are proven to be much more effective than words and commitments in action plans.\u201d She argues that although the Welsh government has invested in successful campaigns regarding period dignity, the fact that there is no legal obligation for any of their suggestions creates major inconsistencies in who can access period products free of charge in Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Can you imagine the outcry if toilet paper wasn\u2019t easily available in schools or workplaces?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Fychan added: \u201cCan you imagine the outcry if toilet paper wasn\u2019t easily available in schools or workplaces?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Welsh government published a Period Dignity Strategic Action Plan last year, and in the recent Senedd debate, the Labour Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt stated she would be publishing a report in the new year on how the government aims to create a \u201cperiod proud Wales\u201d by 2027. Adding that improved <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2019\/10\/31\/end-period-taboo-by-teaching-welsh-pupils-menstrual-well-being\/\">education<\/a> on periods and clearer access to where products are available are vital to succeed in this, but that they do not currently see a need for the government to enshrine this in law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to her recent debate in the Senedd, Fychan said she was \u201cvery disappointed by the Welsh Government\u2019s response.\u201d Adding that given the law in Scotland was legislated by a Labour MSP, makes the decision even more disappointing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s happening in Wales?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Period poverty in Wales explained\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-QMSUXoYIJs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Period poverty in Wales explained\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-QMSUXoYIJs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Period poverty explained in Wales. Credit: Maggie Gannon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Taboo vs inflation<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Molly Fenton, 20, the face of the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loveyourperiod\/\">Love Your Period\u2019 campaign<\/a>,&nbsp; has worked closely with the Welsh government since 2019 to improve the supply of period products in schools, and encourage people to talk about periods and the reality of having them, in order to try and reduce the stigma that tends to be associated with the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fenton hoped that these positive conversations around periods were reducing the taboo around asking for products, but the severe increase in demand for products she has seen has meant that they \u201cno longer have enough products to give out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent study by the Sunday Mirror found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/period-poverty-fear-sneaky-price-28249044\">\u201cshrinkflation tactics\u201d<\/a> have resulted in packs of sanitary products getting smaller whilst their prices have risen. One case found each tampon in a box to be 50% more expensive than its previous price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fenton added that these price rises are ultimately resulting in less donations to her campaign, but more people needing the products: \u201cit\u2019s like an all-around panic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokeswoman for Cardiff People&#8217;s Assembly, a cost-of-living crisis campaign said, \u201cMaking period products free is an essential part of building a 21st century welfare state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This feeling of worry around the cost of period products rising has also been felt by Cardiff\u2019s foodbanks. Emma Shepherd, project manager at Cardiff Foodbank, added: \u201cWe\u2019ve definitely seen an increase in demand, as our supply was looking very low in the autumn.\u201d The foodbank also accessed a period poverty grant from Cardiff Council to top up their supplies for the upcoming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fenton is hopeful the Welsh government will follow that of Scotland, but the government and the local councils need pushing from all corners to commit to this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fenton was approached a few weeks ago by a girl who admitted to having to use her dirty sock at the end of a school day as her period product. She was unaware that free products were available in her school due to them not being easily available in the toilets and her parents could not buy her sanitary products. The number of adults and their households affected by hygiene poverty in the UK and in Wales is only set to rise, with a new period products law, incidents like these could be prevented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Period-poverty-boxout-Presentation-169-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Period-poverty-boxout-Presentation-169-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Period-poverty-boxout-Presentation-169-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/Period-poverty-boxout-Presentation-169-770x433.jpg 770w, 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