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Period 製品s to be made 利用できる in schools

By PRESS ASSOCIATION

Published: 00:06 BST, 18 January 2020 | Updated: 00:06 BST, 18 January 2020

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Period 製品s will be 利用できる to all schools and colleges in England from next week, the 政府 has said.

The move will 確実にする pupils do not 行方不明になる out on lessons 予定 to their period and help break 負かす／撃墜する stigma surrounding menstruation, によれば the Department for Education (DfE).

Under the 基金d 計画／陰謀, schools and colleges will be able to order a 範囲 of sanitary 製品s, 含むing eco-friendly 選択s, so that they are 利用できる when young women need them.

Then （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 Philip Hammond first 発表するd 計画（する）s to 基金解放する／自由な sanitary 製品s in England’s 第２位 schools last year. This was later 延長するd to 含む最初の／主要なs.

選挙運動者s had been calling for the 政府 to take 活動／戦闘予定 to 関心s that some girls, 特に those from lower-income families, could 行方不明になる class during their periods as they are unable to afford sanitary 製品s.

Children and families 大臣 Michelle Donelan said: “Periods are a normal part of everyday life and we do not want young people 行方不明の out on lessons because of them.

The sanitary 製品s will be 利用できる in schools and colleges (Andrew Cowan/Scottish 議会/PA)

“We know that it is not 平易な for everyone to 接近 period 製品s where and when they need them.

“This 計画／陰謀 will を取り引きする those problems so young people can go about their daily lives without getting caught out if they have come on their period 突然に, forgotten to bring 製品s with them or if they can’t afford the 製品s they need.� �

研究 carried out for the charity 計画（する） International UK in 2017, into the 延長する of period poverty in the UK, 設立する one in 10 young women 老年の 14-21 have been unable to afford sanitary wear while 12% had had to improvise 保護予定 to affordability 問題／発行するs.

Amika George, 創立者 of the #FreePeriods （選挙などの）運動をする group, said: “As a grassroots, student-led movement, 解放する／自由な Periods has been fighting for every 選び出す／独身 child in this country to be able to go to school without worrying about their next pad or tampon. For the first time in history, this 計画／陰謀 will 確実にする that becomes a reality.”

She 追加するd: “We ask that schools have open conversations with students about?what?they need and start 調印 up to the 計画／陰謀 ? no child must 行方不明になる out. 解放する／自由な製品s in schools will 確実にする that every child can learn and be their very best, without periods 持つ／拘留するing them 支援する.”

Rose Caldwell, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of 計画（する） International UK, said: “We know that some girls 行方不明になる school because they don’t have period 製品s, and that they have had to use items like 洗面所 roll and socks because they can’t afford anything else.

“So having 接近 to a 範囲 of period 製品s at school will make a very real difference to many girls’ lives.”

She 追加するd that it is 決定的な that 製品s are easily accessible to girls in schools, 追加するing that the charity’s 研究 had 設立する that only 31% of young women feel comfortable asking teachers for period 保護.

Paul Whiteman, general 長官 of the 国家の協会 of 長，率いる Teachers, said the move was “excellent news”.

He said: “Too many children 行方不明になる out on 決定的な education each month as a 欠如（する） of 接近 to period 製品s 軍隊s them to 行方不明になる school.

“Even those pupils who do not 苦しむ period poverty will 利益 from 解放する／自由な接近 to period 製品s, breaking 負かす／撃墜する stigma and 確実にするing no child is without 保護 during what can be a 攻撃を受けやすい time.”

The roll-out of period 製品s to England’s 最初の／主要なs and s econdaries comes months before health education is 予定 to become compulsory in 明言する／公表する schools.

Both the Scottish and Welsh 政府s have 発表するd 計画／陰謀s to make 解放する／自由な period 製品s 利用できる in schools, and in Scotland, in universities 同様に.