ETH provides free tampons to female students

“In order to ensure the best possible work and study environment for relatives, ETH Zurich has launched a pilot project to facilitate access to menstrual products on campus,” ETH Zurich announced Tuesday on Twitter. The goal of the pilot project: normalization and de-tabooization of the topic of menstruation.

Menstrual hygiene in Africa – a luxury problem with far-reaching consequences

Together with her mother, Rhoda Fideler, founder of the German start-up MeritaCare, supplies girls in Mombasa with sanitary towels. The young entrepreneur is concerned with the health, dignity and social participation of African women.

Article at ‘Frankfurter Allgemeine’ : Teure Tampons, böses Blut

Unwelcome price increase

Expensive tampons, bad blood
They were cheaper for a short time, now manufacturers want to make tampons more expensive. Women don’t like that, and not just because of the money.

By Sophie Rebmann