Weekly Best | Men Tweet All Over The World To Make Period Free

Shafayat HossainMarch 12, 20201 Mins read431

Weekly Best | Men Tweet All Over The World To Make Period Free

46% of low-income women in the world have to choose between a meal and a period pad once a month. Yet, in most countries, basic period hygiene comes at a high cost. Governments receive luxury taxes on a natural occurrence that makes the whole human existence possible.

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But basic hygiene should be available for free, right? At least all the men think so! “Freetheperiod” has been trending on twitter since International Women’s Day. The campaign was either put a coin to get tissue paper or tweet with the hashtag and men willingly chose the latter.

It was a fun and innovative way to help the other half of the society understand how huge the problem is and it’s already created a lot of impacts. “Period” has been actively working to create menstrual awareness around the globe and they have already celebrated National Period Day back on October 19, 2019.

It’s time we installed free tampons in your public restroom and waive the taxes. Basic hygiene is not a luxury. Period…

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Shafayat Hossain

Shafayat is an ambitious marketing professional looking to become one of the trendsetters in the 21st Century. He is often quoted as the efficacious wordsmith among his peers. He relishes the opportunity to explore the marketing industry through the articulate aesthetics of written expressions. Among many accolades, He is proud to be acknowledged for his work in “City Alo”; A project of City Bank that inspires women to become financially independent. He is currently working on his book titled “Life in me” that is written in a quirky style he never gets to apply in the professional world. He is an active promoter of “alt text” and aspires to make every Bangladeshi website accessible to the visually impaired.