World Menstrual Hygiene Day, Saturday May 28, 2022 is the occasion in Finistère for a collection of sanitary protection on the initiative of 2 associations, Don Bosco and his sector “Ti Toys” and the collective “Réglez- me that”, of which Clarisse Philipot is the vice-president.
A collection and awareness-raising operation that will take place at the Biocoop of Landerneau (11 Rue Henri Dunant) and the Biocoop of Landivisiau (31 Rue la Tour d’Auvergne) for a week to alert on menstrual precariousness: a taboo question that affects nearly 1.7 million women in France, students, homeless people, incarcerated women. A public health issue, but also unfortunately a taboo, which for some must remain in the private sphere, which supposedly concerns only women, and which could be seen as a religious prohibition in certain cultures.
After Japan, Zambia, South Korea, Indonesia, Spain is the first country in Europe to pass a law to allow state-funded sick leave for painful and disabling menstruation. in France, 12% of women give up leaving their homes or going to work during their period.