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Society ScotlandPoliticians Vote for Free Period Products (Also to Save Girls from Embarrassment)
The Members of the Scottish Parliament unanimously approved the Period Products Bill, thus tackling period poverty and period stigma, and ensuring that free period items such as tampons and pads are available to anyone who needs them.
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Society IndiaThis Cricket Team Helps to Break a Taboo for Indian Women – With Their Jerseys
For the first time, cricketers of the Rajasthan Royals, an Indian League team, will sport the logo of a sanitary pad brand on their jersey. Through this gesture, they hope to fight the stigma around periods.
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Health USAHow Poor Countries Could Save Billions by Preventing Unwanted Pregnancies
Research scientists say that ensuring contraception is available to all women in low-income and middle-income countries could help prevent unwanted pregnancies - and save sixteen billion dollars a year in maternal and newborn care.
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Society United KingdomGender Change for 270 of London’s Underground Stations
Inspired by the “City of Women” subway map in New York City, USA, celebrity actor Emma Watson and award-winning author Reni Eddo-Lodge are recreating England’s London Tube map, with stations renamed after iconic women and non-binary people linked with the city.