At one dormitory, the boys discovered used sanitary pads in the waste bin in the toilet. And then they taped those bloody sanitary pads to the door of the girls’ room. Interview with Dr Izabela Desperak
How searing is the shame a person whose period has started and does not have a pad or tampon must feel?
The Ukrainian women we host not only do not have their favourite dresses. They also don’t have sanitary pads
‘Menopause is the best time of our lives. We no longer have to use contraception, we do not stress about an unexpected pregnancy, the monthly bleeding stops, and we usually have a good professional position and a stable home situation. And if not, maybe this is a great time for a change’. Interview with Prof. Violetta Skrzypulec-Plinta*
‘There are companies in Poland that have introduced menstrual leave, abroad it is an increasingly popular trend’. Interview with Dominika Miszewska, doctor, creator of the menstrual products calculator for institutions