As the number of people suffering from corona sickness increases, students and others are unable to buy sanitary napkins due to financial reasons, and it has been pointed out that they are hindering their daily lives. Support movements such as distribution are beginning to spread.

The problem that some people cannot buy sanitary napkins due to financial reasons is becoming more and more popular overseas as "physiological poverty", and similar problems are pointed out in Japan. It has become like.



Under these circumstances, Toshima Ward, Tokyo decided to distribute sanitary products as a support measure.



Of the stockpiles prepared for the disaster, we will distribute more than 21,000 sanitary napkins that are about to be replaced, and on the 12th, the staff carried out work such as packing them.



From the 15th of this month, sanitary napkins will be distributed free of charge at the women's consultation desk at the ward office and the Council of Social Welfare.

Saori Ozawa, chief of the Children and Youth Division of Toshima Ward, said, "Even if you don't ask me for sanitary napkins, if you show me the yellow mimosa picture card at the counter, you can receive it, so feel free to visit the counter. Please. "



In addition, a group of young people engaged in menstruation awareness activities opened a dedicated account to accept donations on the 9th of this month in order to collect the cost of distributing sanitary napkins free of charge.



In a survey of young people conducted on the Internet from the end of last month to the beginning of this month, about 20% of the 700 respondents answered that they had a hard time buying sanitary napkins. It's up.



Until now, we have been encouraging governments and companies to distribute sanitary napkins free of charge, but since we received a series of requests for support after publishing the results of the questionnaire, we decided to distribute sanitary napkins free of charge as a group activity. about it.



Ayumi Taniguchi, co-representative of "#Minna no Physiology", said, "There are many people who are in trouble and want to support them right away, so I thought that what we could do was connect them. Physiology is life. Since it is directly related to quality and the dignity of people, I think that it should be guaranteed for everyone to receive the care that suits them. "