Student's Fight to End Period Poverty Brings Free Pads Into More Schools

Student's fight to end period poverty brings free pads into more schools

More than 30 ACT schools will have better access to period products with the expansion of an ACT government pilot program.

Free period-product dispensers for public schools

Women’s Minister Marisa Paterson… “The ACT is leading the nation in the fight to end period poverty.” Photo: Holly Treadaway The ACT government is expanding access to free period products with dispensers to be installed in more than 30 ACT public schools as part of a pilot program to end what it calls “period poverty”. The government said the dispensers would be installed in student-friendly locations in the participating schools, including in g…

ACT expands period poverty initiative to more than 30 schools as part of national-first program

Free period products are now available in more than 30 ACT public schools as part of a groundbreaking initiative to tackle period poverty, marking a major expansion of the...