More than 137,700 girls have missed school in the last year because they couldn\u2019t afford sanitary products. A report of 500 girls aged 10 to 18, showed 7 per cent have been forced to skip school during their period. Of those girls, the average has missed five days of school during the last year.\u00a025% of all school girls have at some point been forced to use tissues or cotton wool, or double up on underwear, as they have not had the appropriate protection.13 % of girls throw underwear away due to lack of supplies. 11 % of girls put their health at risk by using products such as tampons for far longer periods than recommended because they did not have a replacement.<\/p>\n
And nine in 10 girls know they\u2019re not alone \u2013 as they have been asked by a friend for a pad or tampon because she couldn\u2019t afford to buy her own.<\/p>\n
Cannock & District Soroptimists asked the government to provide free sanitary products to young women receiving free school meals.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n From January 2020 Schools have been able to access sanitary products for their students on a termly basis, schools decide how to enable the girls to access the products.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" More than 137,700 girls have missed school in the last year because they couldn\u2019t afford…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5015","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n