Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

Teach about period stigma, poverty and health problems related to periods

Closed 88 signatures

What the petition asks

I would like the government to make it mandatory through the national curriculum to learn about period poverty and the effect it has on girls' lives, period stigma and the problems that can create and the different health problems related to periods like: PMS, endometriosis, PMDD.
I think this is important to include boys in the conversation because otherwise it creates a stigma around periods, which can lead to problems like period poverty where girls feel too embarrassed to say they can't afford sanitary pads, so they use other things like toilet paper or socks which can cause toxic shock syndrome, also girls can feel embarrassed to go to the doctors when there might be something seriously wrong, which can mean that they might not get a much needed diagnoses.

Timeline

9 Nov 2020 Petition opened for signatures
9 May 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 88
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 9 Nov 2020
Closed 9 May 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.