Navigating Periods with Confidence
Wellbeing is supported through learning and teaching that helps students feel confident, connected and actively engaged in their learning
50% Of ages 12 - 19 find it difficult to pay for sanitary products
A Plan Ireland Study in 2018 found that 50% of girls and people who menstruate between the ages of 12 - 19 find it difficult to pay for sanitary products. 61% have missed school as a result of having their period and 55% were embarrassed by their period.
*1100 girls surveyed by Plan Ireland's Youth Advisory Panel
Period poverty is, increasingly, an internationally recognised public health and societal concern
No woman, girl, intersex, trans or non-binary person who menstruates, should have to exclude themselves from the activities of daily living during menstruation or suffer the physical and mental health impacts resulting from both recurrent exclusion and the use of unsuitable period products.
So what’s the solution?
This Workshop
Change begins with education and empowerment and it's absolutely critical for young women and young people to have the confidence to ask for what they need and to help break the stigma surrounding periods.
This programme is suitable for both Junior and Senior Cycles in post primary education and also senior primary classes. It will tie in with each strand of SPHE Learning through the following topics:
- Stories
- Anatomical Discussion
- Period Products Breakdown
- Period Hygiene
Students from The Mercy Primary School in Waterford with their free starter kits.You & Me
Youme is a play on You and Me. Together making a difference little by little, day by day.
Youme's goal is to help people gain knowledge and give advice on how they can start to make little changes to benefit their pocket and their planet.
Contact Amy on 086-0647672
info@youme.ie