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A year has passed since all sports clubs in Vingåker and Katrineholm gained access to free menstrual products through RedLocker and Sörmlands Sparbank.
For women’s football in Katrineholm, it has meant a lot.
“We talk more about safety and well-being today. It can be about anything from changing rooms, matches, or the general atmosphere. Before, you went to training and then straight home. Now we talk about how we’re feeling and are more attentive to that — even outside of football,”
says Maria Andersson, coach and safety officer for DFK Katrineholm.
Still there is still a lot left to do in the name of gender equality.
Hanna Östberg, project manager at RedLocker, points out that topics like menstruation and women’s health are still taboo and must continue to be highlighted.
“We see that many young people don’t dare to ask for menstrual products, and then they don’t attend school or training under the same conditions. We know there’s a huge amount of shame, and we need to talk about this,”
says Hanna Östberg, project manager at RedLocker.
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