Welcoming the Scottish Government’s period poverty plans – with a plea for the environment

We are very pleased to see the news that the Scottish government plans to make sanitary products available to women on low incomes across Scotland. Following a pilot in Aberdeen, a charity has been tasked with rolling the programme out across Scotland and expects to help up to 18,000 women. Naturally we are thrilled that…

What does Period Poverty have to do with independence?

Some people might expect WFI to only be interested in Scottish Independence and wonder why we are looking at issues like Period Poverty. WFI is about Scottish Independence, yes - but it is also about what we want society to look like once we get our independence. We want independence because we believe it is…

We believe that all women should be able to freely access tampons, sanitary towels and other period products

Women for Independence has been campaigning hard on the issue of period poverty. Research done by WFI showed that 1 in 5 Scottish women have had to do without sanitary products because of finances.  11% of those experience a significant health impact because of this, such as a urinary tract infection or thrush. We believe…