The campaign team of Positive Periods, including Nest Consulting, Wa Collective, Dignity & The Period Place handed over the petition urging for policy on period products AND education 🩸 for all students in NZ to the Hon Julie Anne Genter and Members of Parliament. Not only was this an across party meet but also with representatives across the sector – wanting to work together – acknowledging the issues and looking to collaborate to find further solutions 💞
As advertised in the latest AKO – The Journal for Education Professionals 💖👨🏼🎓 Rebecca Gaelic who, frustrated with the representation of women’s bodies in marketing and a lifetime of social instruction that a woman’s appearance constitutes some fundamental part of her worth, decided to shave her hair. The prospect was terrifying in a way that it didn’t need to be. Her overwhelming thought was ‘Could things be different for young kiwis today?’