COVID-19: Support for women with corona sickness: Free sanitary products

COVID-19: Support for women with corona sickness: Free sanitary products

Tokyo policy:

We installed sanitary napkins free of charge at a high school in Tokyo.

This is so that students can live their school life with peace of mind.

It was the policy of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to “install sanitary napkins in the toilets of the school free of charge.”

“Poverty of menstruation” is a social problem:

Due to the corona disaster, “physiological poverty” has become a social problem.

Summary of Cabinet Office:

There are 581 local governments working on countermeasures nationwide (as of July 20).

NHK aggregates:

At public elementary and junior high schools and high schools
Distributing sanitary products
There are 279 municipalities.

Overall, it’s still only a part.

NHK News

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210903/k10013235351000.html