In 2019, Camila, Anneloes and Tammy began the Dignity Kits project. We packed Kits while sprawled across our living rooms, and stored period and hygiene products in the hallways of our homes, to sometimes awkward effect. And we delivered them, starting with 15 Kits every month. Over time, we provided menstrual and hygiene products to […]
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Change doesn’t happen overnight, but last week’s majority city council approval of the municipal period poverty proposal was a necessary step in the right direction. We’ve come quite some way since our advocacy efforts began in 2020. That year, Scottish Member of Parliament Monica Lennon successfully led passage of a comprehensive period poverty bill in […]
Read moreWe have celebrated Scotland’s step to make free period products universally available. We have seen other countries, such as the UK and France, also pass significant legislation concretely addressing period poverty. Unfortunately, there are still no such national measures in place in the Netherlands. Raising the minimum wage is the single most significant step the […]
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