The purchase of tampons and pads is too heavy a monthly purchase for some women.

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A. Boumediene / 20 Minutes

Five million euros: this is the amount of the budget allocated in 2021 to the fight against menstrual insecurity, which affects nearly one in ten women in France, in particular the most precarious and young people, announced the Minister of Solidarity. and Health, Olivier Véran, and the Minister Delegate for Gender Equality, Elisabeth Moreno, in a press release published on Tuesday.

These funds will be intended to "strengthen the fight led by associations for the access of all women to periodic protection", they explained.

Incarcerated women, women in a precarious and very precarious situation, and college and high school students in priority education will be targeted "as a priority", they added.

Hygiene products "at symbolic prices" in solidarity grocery stores

In an amendment to the finance bill for 2021 tabled on Monday, the government proposes to "increase by 4 million euros" the budget devoted to solidarity in order "to increase the resources devoted to the fight against menstrual insecurity without weighing on other policies ”.

At the same time, the experiment launched in early 2020 to finance hygienic protection, endowed with one million euros, will be continued in 2021, said Olivier Véran's office.

This budget will “support” association collections, “develop” the provision of free periodic protection in schools, for women prisoners or as part of patrols and day care with housed women or in the street.

It will also make it possible to offer these hygiene products "at symbolic price" in solidarity grocery stores.

"A risk factor for health"

It is estimated that one in ten women in France would give up changing periodical protection as often as necessary for lack of means, in particular precarious women, incarcerated, as well as many college girls and students.

A situation which "undermines their dignity and also constitutes a brake on the integration of thousands of women in precarious situations", stressed the ministers, also noting "a risk factor for health".

During an interview given at the beginning of December to the online media Brut, Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to “strengthen” “work with associations, social services, municipalities” on this subject, expressing his indignation in particular at the fate of women in the street.

He then promised a response "in the first half".

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