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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.
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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.
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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