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Educate and empower women from their first period to their last
Emma started having extremely painful periods as a teenager and wasn't diagnosed with an underlying condition until 8 years later. By this point she had been robbed of her fertility and experienced life-long damage to her organs.
Too many women and girls, like Emma, endure years of unnecessary suffering because their menstrual health symptoms are ignored, normalized, or dismissed as “just a period.” This must change.
Extremely painful periods is one of many symptoms that can actually be signs of underlying gynaecological conditions such as endometriosis, adenomyosis, fibroids, and PMDD. We want the UK Government to support better awareness and education on gynaecological conditions for young people, and more help for girls and women to get medical care for menstrual health conditions when they need it. Sign the petition to show your support!
We want to see:
1. Better menstrual health education in schools, with interactive workshops and peer support groups that are age appropriate, informative and include all girls and boys.
2. A public health campaign on menstrual health and period problems for teens and young women, with a focus on reaching and supporting women from deprived and marginalised communities.
3. Girls and women routinely asked about their periods when seen by health care professionals at existing touchpoints, such as vaccinations, contraceptive advice, urinary infections, and general health checks.
4. More funding for menstrual health research to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of period problems and other gynaecological conditions.
Sign the petition to help educate and empower young women from their first period to their last!