Menstrual products, including tampons and sanitary napkinsthey will meet available for free in public facilities in Scotland. On Monday, August 15, the first law of its kind in the world came into effect.

Bills for provide products for free it was passed in 2020, unanimously by Scottish MPs. Scottish authorities indicated it was a historic victory for the world movement against the so-called “menstrual poverty“.

Where will menstrual products be available?

With the enactment of the new law, menstrual products will be available in public buildings, including schools and universities from all over Scotland. Those responsible for enforcing laws and making products available are local authorities and education providers.

“Proud of what we have achieved in Scotland,” wrote Monica Lennon, who was the MP who introduced the bill in April 2019, on Twitter.We are the first, but we won’t be the last“.

In line with the presentation of the 2019 document, with information about the economic condition of the people who use menstrual products, Lennon said it was reasonable to expect that 20% of the menstrual population would use the programconsidering official inequality statistics show that nearly 20% of women in Scotland live in relative poverty.

The law, which goes into effect this Monday, is one of many on the list program designed to address period poverty in Scotlandwhose government has certain powers delegated by Britain.

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The Scottish Government announced that a 5.2 million pound sterling investment, equivalent to 6.3 million dollars. Already in 2019, £4 million, or $4.85 million, has been allocated to make menstrual products available free of charge in libraries and recreation centres.

In the UK, according to the latest official data, one in 10 girls between the ages of 14 and 21 say they cannot afford menstrual products, according to a 2017 survey by Plan International UK. The survey also found that nearly half were embarrassed by their periods, and about half skipped school a whole day because of it.