Petition

Petition

This entry is about a petition I made to try and fight for my campaign about "Free Sanitary Products in Sex Clinics, Schools & Workplaces & to the Homeless. Ban Poverty." as I wanted to try and do something about my campaign and stand for my beliefs and try and fight for a luxury that should be an essential. 

This is my petition to Free Sanitary Products in Sex Clinics, Schools & Workplaces & to the Homeless. Ban Poverty.

I tried making this petition on change.org, where all the petitions can be made to change something and fight for a campaign and hope for people to support what you're fighting for. if you want to sign here is the link to do so: 

If you struggle to read what this says, it says:

"I feel sanitary products isn't an issue raised enough, women have the rights to be healthy, just as much as the next man or woman, whether you're rich or poor.   I just feel that having sanitary products is a human right.  They should be free of charge for the homeless, to make sure they have the equal right for good health.  

I also feel the same for these products being free in the toilets in places of education and workplaces as not everyone is able to afford a tampon or a pad and some may forget one; one day and flood their clothes. Causing embarrassment and anxieties worrying about being a laughed at and ridiculed   in-front of their friends and colleagues.  These products should also be free in the Sex clinics because at the end of the day Condoms are free in Sex Clinics, so why aren't Pads and Tampons.

I just feel Sanitary products should be an essential not a luxury and should be free in schools, workplaces, sex clinics and free for the homeless. Please Help make this change today!"

Comments on the commission by myself and a close friend of mine Sanjita.

This comment from my friend above is brilliantly backed up my point I have been fighting for throughout this campaign!

Along side that, I had an opinion about period poverty from a year 2 fine art student I know below:

“I've been trying to do stuff for this for years. Period products to the government are classed as a luxury as jaffacakes are classed as a necessity. The government have slightly decreased tax of period products but not really enough. Some sanitary company's do do alot to help school. Did you know in Africa they do have sanitary products. Also sanitary products hold loads and loads of chemicals that can be damaging to our bodies. Why I started going for more eco friendly choices. Its scary that our periods are classed as a luxury. I'm a hugeee feminist so I'm fighting for things like this all the time and also I was brought up in a very low income disadvantage area so things like this was happening all the time. Lots of girls had to just wrap toilet roll round their undies because they couldn't afford period products.”

Petition Results

This is how my petition went, unfortunately I didn't get as many supporters as 100 supporters which was the final goal on the website but I am glad I gave this a go as I tried my best to fight to ban period poverty despite not getting overly many supporters I am still glad I gave it a shot as I never know what happens if I didn't give it a try 

and it shows I am fighting for something I have a passion for and to what I feel strongly about.