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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Policy-makers and anyone interested can now review NF’s robust data analyzed by Opinium’s researchers. The results confirm what we have been talking about ever since we began: that period poverty is a very real, growing issue in the city, and not only among those living at or below the poverty line.
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Another advocacy win! Behind the scenes we’ve been working hard at getting period poverty on the agenda throughout the city of Amsterdam. Last Tuesday, Iris Pauw (GroenLinks) put forth a motion in the city district committee of Amsterdam West, urging the city district to take concrete steps toward ending period poverty in Amsterdam. We collaborated […]
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We’re gearing up for our collab research project with Opinium which officially starts tomorrow. We hope you’ve marked your calendar and that we can count on you to help us spread the survey link far and wide in Amsterdam! As we prepare for this launch, we’ve also been busy advocating. Last night, NF coordinator Nicole Römer […]
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A few weeks ago, with International Menstrual Health Day* in mind, we put out a call on Instagram for people who’d be willing to join our push against stigma by talking publicly about their own experiences with periods. We honestly had no idea what to expect. What we did know is that to end period […]
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You may be reading this because you’ve noticed or used one of our Menstruation Stations, which are self-serve cabinets placed by us in easy-to-reach locations. Welcome! Neighborhood Feminists launched the Menstruation Stations project in August 2021 to better meet the rising need for period products. These cabinets can now be found across Amsterdam, with more […]
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Here at Neighborhood Feminists we talk a lot about how it takes a village, and how our work wouldn’t be possible without support from you and others in our community. Tackling period poverty in this city feels daunting at times; there are lots of people in vulnerable positions and many steps needed before we are […]
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Today we’re proud to celebrate the work of Black Pride Netherlands, who we are happy to share an office space with. If you don’t know them already, Black Pride NL is a grassroots organisation and social justice movement centering and celebrating the Black LGBTQIA+ community and those of color. Black Pride NL was founded in 2020 and […]
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