Period poverty, Shepparton’s efforts in reducing it and the rollout of free tampon and pad vending machines across Victoria - these are some of the discussions featured in this week’s Digging Deeper podcast.
Share the Dignity is a non-for-profit organisation that educates and advocates against period poverty and distributes period products to people who menstruate.
They recently just wrapped up the collection of their Christmas fundraiser, ‘It’s in the bag’, which encouraged people to donate handbags filled with period and other sanitary products for those struggling to afford them.
The Shepparton Bunnings was just one of the many Bunnings’ around the country acting as a collection point for the bags.
So, alongside the Victorian Government’s recent announcement of phase one of placing free tampon and pad dispensing vending machine across the state, The News’ Nicola Ceccato sat down with Share the Dignity CEO Rochelle Courtenay for a chat about all things period.
Rochelle talked on what ‘It’s in the bag’ is about, how Shepparton’s collection numbers fared, how period poverty can affect those in regional/rural areas and the state rollout of period product machines.
“Menstrual equality is really about provision, education, and removing that shame of stigma.”
Listen below.
Links to websites mentioned in podcast:
Sponsor a bag: www.sharethedignity.org.au/donate
Donate to Share the Dignity: tinyurl.com/sharethedignitydonate
Listen to ‘Another bloody podcast’: tinyurl.com/anotherbloodypodcast
Read the findings from the bloody big survey: tinyurl.com/bloodybigsurvey
Read the original article: tinyurl.com/sharethedignityarticle