In order to reduce the burden on women associated with menstruation and eliminate the gender gap, the provision of free sanitary products has begun at commercial facilities in Osaka.
The initiative began at "HEP FIVE," which is visited by many young people at a commercial facility near Hankyu Osaka-Umeda Station.
You can easily receive sanitary products by holding your smartphone with the app registered over the machine installed in the private room of the women's toilet.
This initiative was started to reduce the burden on women associated with menstruation and eliminate the gender gap.
In a national survey released last week, about 8% of respondents said they had a hard time buying or getting menstrual pads after the new corona spread, using the same menstrual pads for long periods of time or using toilet paper. Some people answered that they used it as a substitute.
The movement to provide sanitary products free of charge is widespread throughout the country, and is also being carried out at universities in the Kansai region.
Satoko Doi of Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp., who runs the facility, said, "I think that there are many people who suddenly have menstruation while going out and have various anxieties about menstruation. I think it's a good idea. "