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Periods affect sporting performance
According to Sofia Lundberg Söderling from the Swedish company RedLocker, the risk of injury, recovery rate and stamina are affected when you have your period.
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The backlash after the municipality's decision – they offer menstrual products
Tranås Tidning -
Tranås gymnastics society reacted to the municipality's unwillingness to make menstrual products available in schools in Tranås municipality. Now they have set up a RedLocker in the association's premises where you can easily access menstrual products if you need it.
"We think it's a given" says Jessika Lundqvist Enell, who is chairman of the association.
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Here they offer free menstrual products in Jönköping – 23 businesses have already joined
The municipality's culture department is now investing in free menstrual products. To begin with, 23 libraries, swimming pools, culture centers and sports grounds will be equipped.
"It will be a way to break the taboo," says Fredrika Lindström at the administration.
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Students at Furulidskolan now get free menstrual products
Students at Furulidskolan will now receive free menstrual products. A tin box with tampons and pads will be placed in one of the school's toilets.
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Free menstrual products at school
Together with schools we can create an equal youth!
Offering free menstrual products in schools contributes to equal opportunities for young people and a school on equal terms. No one should have to go home from school because of the lack of menstrual products.
Eskilstuna: municipally owned corporations – a matter of democracy
eFOLKET -
No one should have to refrain from participating in activities because of their period. The issue of period-proof activities, which is now also becoming a reality in Eskilstuna, has been driven by young people in the municipality through the UNIK dialog model. It is also the young people who have been involved in selecting the 13 activities that are now period-proofed.
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Real Talk – What advice would you give to your teenage self?
We asked our RealTalk guests what advice they would have given themselves as teenagers. What would you have wanted to know before you got your period?
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COLIVE and RedLocker launch partnership – free menstrual products in all coliving hubs
COLIVE -
COLIVE is partnering with the company RedLocker to offer free menstrual products to residents of COLIVE properties. RedLocker's dispensers are already installed in COLIVE's existing stands and will be available in the company's planned properties.
T-emballage installs RedLocker's menstrual product dispensers
T-emballage -
Real Talk - Things we never learned in school with: an oncology nurse
What exactly is HPV? Does HPV affect my life? How often do you need to get tested and how do you get HPV? We've invited Karin Corbishley, an oncology nurse, to answer your questions about HPV, cell changes and cervical cancer!
Watch the episode here.
Here students get free menstrual products: “Some stay home when they have their period”
Ystads Allehanda -
“We hope it sends a signal to the girls that they belong here,” says Jonas Nilsson, a vocational teacher at the building and construction program. Read the full article here.
Real Talk - Questions you haven't dared to ask a person with endometriosis
What is endometriosis exactly? Why is it so seldom talked about and how does it affect everyday life? Linn and Johanna answer your questions about living with endometriosis.
Watch the episode here.
