Belgium s government has pledged €200,000 to an ongoing campaign to make women s hygiene products more accessible to all.
The cash will be split between two organisations, the Women s Council and the Conseil Francophones des Femmes de Belgique, to work towards ending period poverty for the many women who consider tampons and sanitary pads a luxury - rather than an easy-to-access necessity. We must break the taboo of menstruation, said Belgian Minister for Poverty Reduction Karine Lalieux. A woman should not choose between food for her family or purchasing hygiene aids. The fight against this menstrual insecurity is therefore a collective fight.