{"id":80125,"date":"2023-12-11T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=80125"},"modified":"2024-01-19T11:39:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:39:13","slug":"girls-still-have-difficulties-in-accessing-free-period-products-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/girls-still-have-difficulties-in-accessing-free-period-products-in-schools","title":{"rendered":"Girls still have difficulties in accessing free period products in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Despite government schemes providing free period products, schoolgirls still lack access because the products are locked in cupboards in the toilets, according to the founder of the Love Your Period Campaign.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/03-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/03-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/03-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/03-2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/03-2-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/03-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/03-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/03-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/03-2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/03-2-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Love Your Period Campaign distributed period products to school pupils in Cardiff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More than half of girls in the UK said period products were not being made freely available to them in school washrooms, according to a recent report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost one in 12 girls said they stayed away from lessons because no period products were available to them, a figure 3% higher than in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phs.co.uk\/media\/4037\/phs-period-equality-breaking-the-cycle-whitepaper-2023.pdf\">the report<\/a> by washroom provider phs Group has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSchools refuse to put period products in the actual toilets but lock them in cupboards, and you have to ask for them. So, lots of girls are embarrassed and don\u2019t want to ask,\u201d said Molly Fenton, the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loveyourperiod\/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==\">Love Your Period Campaign<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven though we now have a period dignity scheme, which means period products are available. Basically, pupils are still struggling to get them whilst they\u2019re in schools,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/02-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/02-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/02-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/02-2-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/02-2-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/02-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/02-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/02-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/02-2-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/02-2-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Molly Fenton started the Love Your Period campaign in 2018 with her sister Tilly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Period poverty is an important issue among schoolgirls. Maddi Wright, a PhD student at Cardiff University researching menstrual poverty and stigma among young people in South Wales, said, &#8220;A lot of girls I talked with couldn\u2019t afford products. They would use their socks and newspapers as pads. It was really upsetting.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Welsh government plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.wales\/period-proud-wales-action-plan-html\">achieve period dignity<\/a> by 2027, improving access to products and reducing stigma. It commits to ensuring free period products are available at all schools in Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, according to Molly, there is a big communication problem. \u201cThe government provides free period products. But due to the lack of communication between schools and pupils, getting products into the pupils\u2019 hands becomes a problem,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re not advertised, and no one will advertise them. Girls don\u2019t even know that these products are available.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When student Alyssa Gully found herself caught without period products at school, she had to go to the reception to ask the school caretaker to open a locked cupboard to access sanitary towels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tilly Fenton got her period during her GCSE exam but couldn&#8217;t find any tampons and pads in the toilet. This made her uncomfortable, and she struggled to concentrate on her exam for the next two hours as she leaked onto her chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/01-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/01-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/01-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/12\/01-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alyssa Gully is also a young activist working with the Love Your Period campaign. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irise.org.uk\/2023\/05\/148675312-lessons-are-being-missed-every-year-due-to-period-shame-in-schools\/\">The report of a group of UK charities<\/a> found that 44% of girls feel too embarrassed to ask for period products at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of access and the extra barrier to getting products impact girls\u2019 attendance and education. Alyssa said she knows some girls who would rather say they are sick and go home, rather than ask the school for products, because they know it will be a difficult and embarrassing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schoolgirls are struggling with verbal abuse and shame around their periods. \u201cA lot of girls were really like not embarrassed but shamed to talk about it, because they felt that they would get teased or bullied. It was mainly being teased by boys, being called moody, dirty and smelly,\u201d said Maddi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/111110-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pupil volunteer of the LYP campaign distributed period products at Llanishen High School.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Educating boys is essential in changing their attitudes towards girls and menstruation, according to Maddi. \u201cI hope the government can make more inclusive lessons to teach boys and to teach about the social side of periods, not just the biological side, and how it affects girls socially, emotionally, not just physically,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to advertising the availability of period products, ending period embarrassment is also vital. \u201cGirls should be told where period products are in schools,\u201d said Molly. \u201cAnd the big thing now is starting conversations. The government can throw as much money as it wants on giving products. 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