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Meet the winners of the inaugural RównoWaga Employer Awards (Polish: ‘RównoWaga. Prokobieca Firma Roku’), organised by the Kulczyk Foundation, the Kongres Kobiet Association and the Polish Confederation Lewiatan. It’s the first competition for Polish employers in which women’s equality in the workplace is addressed comprehensively. The announcement of the results and the award ceremony took place during the European Forum for New Ideas.

At a time when political parties are vying for voters’ support, when the general public and the media are scrutinising party manifestos, individuals and organisations affiliated with the Okresowa Koalicja [Period Coalition], an organisation working to end period poverty, calls for the government to support the first ever bill in Poland that would make menstrual pads available for free in every school.

The Kulczyk Foundation, the Congress of Women Association, and the Polish Confederation Lewiatan invite entries to a competition designed especially for employers. In this contest, there is much more to be won than awards and the prestige that goes with them. This is also an opportunity to develop new, better standards for Poland’s labour market.

Ensuring availability of menstrual products at schools and universities, and introduction of menstruation education to school curricula are the major consequences of changes to the Polish law advocated by organisations and individuals participating in Periodic Coalition, initiated by Dominika Kulczyk and the Kulczyk Foundation. On Wednesday, 14 June, representatives of the Coalition presented a draft bill aimed at regulating both issues to Members of the Polish Parliament.