Calling all menstruating students, staff and allies!

Do you have a vested interest in women’s health and wellbeing issues and have ideas about how the university could improve its support to women and those who menstruate? Or would you like the opportunity to easily access free period products on a regular basis?

If this sounds like you, join us for this first meeting to have your voices heard and to contribute to the making of a new student group initiative centred around all things menstruation and women’s health.

This group aims to:

• Increase current provision to provide free period products in various different ways across campus to those in need, no questions asked;
• Address the structural issues around menstrual inequalities within the university, for example, by reforming extenuating circumstances policy to recognise period pain (dysmenorrhoea);
• Collaborate with people within the university, and beyond, to run events aimed at increasing menstrual literacy and raising awareness of issues relating to women’s health. For example, the importance of understanding your menstrual cycle, raising awareness of conditions such as endometriosis, sustainable period products, and how we can combat the stigma surrounding periods;
• Fundraise for women’s health charities, such as Endometriosis UK , as well as to purchase period products for campus;
• Create a social media presence to increase awareness of the group and women’s health issues;
• Most importantly, we want to work with fellow students to find out what action they would like to see taking place and to gain an understanding of the need for free period products on campus .

We would love to have a group up and running by International Women’s Day (8^th March), and any input would be greatly appreciated.

If you would like to be kept updated with the group, please sign up to the Women’s Network here: https://www.upsu.com/representation/women/

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

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