As schools and businesses re-emerge from lockdown, Binti International is relaunching its Dignity at Work. Period. campaign to encourage businesses to supply free menstrual products. Binti was the first period charity in the UK and India and has a vision to create a world where all women menstruate with dignity.
The Khalsa Academy a secondary school in Wolverhampton has become the first school globally to provide free menstrual products to all. Working with award winning period charity Binti International, the school now provides free period products for pupils, staff and visitors to the school.
TKAW was keen to sign up to the initiative. The Principal of the school, Mrs. Anita Kaur Notta, explains “As educationalists we have the opportunity to make a real change at a grassroots level and we are extremely grateful to be a part of Binti’s Dignity at Work campaign. It is so important to encourage young people to take action on worldwide issues and we are proud to offer free period products to all members of our school and the wider community. We already work with Binti to provide menstrual education to our children and their 360 degrees campaign is vital to encourage normal conversations around periods.”
The CEO of The Khalsa Academies Trust, Mr Nick Singh Kandola, supports the Campaign and is delighted that the school, which is one of three schools in the trust, is working with the charity to bring about change. The workshops and Dignity at work campaign, will now be rolled out across the other two schools in the trust.
Tampons and pads are essential items but, these are not readily available like soap or toilet paper in most public toilets or in the workplace. It’s time to change attitudes and get business owners to invest in creating a positive change for women.
“We will continue our work until all girls have menstrual dignity”
Binti founder, Manjit K. Gill
A recent survey undertaken by ITN found that 3 in 10 British women have struggled to afford or access period products during lockdown, with over half (54%) of these women admitting to using toilet paper as an alternative. Periods do not pause during a pandemic.
Over half of survey respondents said they would factor free period products into their decision to work for a company. When asked how women would feel if their employer introduced free period products at work, 55% responded that they would feel valued and respected, while 26% would feel reassured.
“Our Dignity at Work campaign is a cost-effective strategy to eliminate poverty around periods in the UK” says Binti CEO Manjit K. Gill. “When you see a Visa/Mastercard sticker on a shop window you know that they will accept your card for payment at their business. Now imagine, seeing a Binti Dignity sticker, this will show women that they can access free period products on the premises”.
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Binti are determined to ensure that companies and businesses offer free period products in all the women’s toilets as they do soap and toilet paper. Binti aims to make free period products in the workplace the norm.
The international award winning charity is also launching its own APP which will detail all business’s retailers, pubs, and restaurants that have free products in their toilets, so that women can choose where to go.
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