Do we have a right to know what is in our period products?

Lack of specific legislation and transparency about hidden ingredients means we could be exposed to harmful chemicals in our period products without our knowledge. Join our panel of speakers to discuss why we need specific legislation for period products, what we can do to ensure we get it and to explore what impacts the taboos and stigma around menstruation have had on this process.

This year Wen is joined by another truly wonderful panel of experts from very different parts of the world. The discussion will focus on the need for specific legislation for all period products in the UK and worldwide. And the lack of transparency by the mainstream period product manufacturers around the intentional and unintentional potentially harmful ingredients that have been found in many period products. Ingredients which can harm our health, the health of wildlife and ultimately the health of the planet.

But what role have the taboos and stigma around menstruation had on the human rights of women, girls and people who menstruate had on this process? And how has this dictated the products we use and how we dispose of them?

Panel includes :

• Professor Chris Bobel (Author and Chair of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.)
• Alexandra Scranton WVE (Women’s Voices for the Earth)
• Priti Mahesh (Toxics Link India). And possible an RCOG representative TBC

Find out more about the speakers

This event is free to attend, but we welcome donations towards funding further Environmenstrual Ambassador training.