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Stop treating periods like a dirty secret; teach menstrual wellbeing in schools

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sarahbanshee · 01/02/2018 23:20

10% of girls and women of reproductive age - that’s 1.5 million women in the UK - suffer the pain of endometriosis. Too many are waiting too long for a diagnosis - on average it takes nearly 8 years.

One reason is because schools aren’t teaching girls what good menstrual health means. This is not just about endometriosis. Women also struggle with fibroids, heavy menstrual bleeding, and the financial costs of sanitary products. We cannot allow taboo, stigma, embarrassment, or lack of education to continue preventing and hindering the conversation about periods.


It’s time to give periods a voice. It’s time for the menstrual cycle to be heard. It’s time for us to arm every girl and boy with the right language to address the menstrual cycle as a fundamental and healthy thing to discuss as part of our wellbeing as women and as a society. Why not give every woman the opportunity to openly discuss her own body, all of it and all of its cycles without any embarrassment or shame and with the right tools, the right words to get the care and support she deserves?

The Government is currently updating its guidance for Sex & Relationship Education in England and this petition is calling for them to include menstrual health. Please sign and share!

ttps://www.change.org/p/ngibb-menstrualhealth?recruiter=21179545&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition

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sarahbanshee · 02/02/2018 08:31

Bump!

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sarahbanshee · 02/02/2018 08:33
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sarahbanshee · 02/02/2018 08:34
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claraschu · 02/02/2018 08:42

I think girls and boys should not be separated for sex education, and all of these discussions should be very open, not a cause for embarrassment or hilarity. I think the problem starts earlier with parents making nudity, pee, farts and poo a source of humour and embarrassment for tiny children.

If everything was treated in a matter-of-fact manner from day one, people would end up with a much healthier attitude when they reach puberty.

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