Dear supporter, We did it! After all our hard work, today the Government has announced that menstrual wellbeing will be taught in primary and secondary schools.

This is a huge victory – and we should all be incredibly proud of how your efforts will help change the way menstrual conditions are spoken about for generations to come. Your efforts will not only help break the taboo around periods but will also equip young girls with the knowledge of what is and isn’t normal, and in turn empower people to seek help when it is needed.

Our campaign would not have been won without you, and the support of Labour MP Emma Hardy, whose hard work has meant this issue has been raised on several occasions in Parliament. The other fantastic news is that schools will now refer to ‘menstrual products’ rather than ‘sanitary’ and ‘hygiene’ or products.

This may seem like a small change, but this is another step that will help send out the message that periods shouldn’t be perceived as a dirty secret. Why not send a message to Minister Nick Gibb to say thank you by Tweeting him @NickGibbUK The changes are expected to come into force from 2020, and will apply to England only.

We’ll now be using this opportunity to urge the Governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to follow suit and not leave their constituents behind. For more information, and our full press statement, please visit: https://www.endometriosis-uk.org/

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