Scotland shifts to make period products free
Scotland becomes the first nation in the world to provide free sanitary products to all women. On Tuesday, Scotland parliament has agreed to make sanitary products freely accessible to all women in the country.
Scotland is part of the United Kingdom. According to Reuters reports, pads and tampons are taxed about 5 percent.
The sanitary products will be available at designated public places such as Youth Clubs, Pharmacies, and Community centers. It's expected to cost about 24 -30 million pounds.
112 legislators voted in favor of pads and tampons freely available to the people who need them at public places and 1 abstainer.
In 2018, Scotland also becomes the first country to supply free sanitary products to students of school, Colleges, and Universities. Which cost about five million Pounds.
1 out of 5 British women faces difficulty to purchase the period product at some phase in their life said Monica Lennon a 'Scottish Labour party politician'. She also said she was motivated by the stories people shared with them.
An average woman spends about seven years on menstruating means spending money only on sanitary products for seven years.
Some students cannot afford sanitary products so they had to avoid college as they cannot pay for both transportation and sanitary products. About half the population has to pay so much because of the natural process in the body.
Physical health risk such as Reproductive and Urinary tract infection can be caused by period poverty.
Victoria in Australia also provides free period products to government primary, secondary, and tertiary schools.
This is Scotland's decision to end period poverty for all people in the country. So, Congratulating Scotland for becoming the first country to make freely accessible all sanitary products to all women in the country.
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