What do period have to do with health and climate justice? Wed 23 Oct 2024 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

What do periods have to do with health and climate justice?

Wed 23 Oct 2024 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Amnesty International Human Rights Centre, EC2A 3EA

What do periods have to do with health and climate justice?

Menstruation is a human rights, public health and climate justice issue!

From period poverty, to the environmental impacts of disposable period products through to the health implications of harmful chemicals in period products. The lives of women, girls and people with periods are impacted globally as well as here in the UK.

There are so many facets to menstruation - health, period taboo and shame, period poverty, waste and pollution and period education, to name a few. It’s hard to address one aspect without addressing the others.

Join us at Amnesty International’s offices for this in person #EnvironmenstrualWeek Wen Forum. We’ll enjoy a lively discussion with our guest speakers, stalls and drinks and nibbles and a chance to meet like minded people.

We will be exploring how periods and climate change are connected. We will look at the health and waste impacts, equity and dignity, period poverty, education and regulation, and how we can challenge stubborn stigma and taboos. Plus we will  be discussing the urgent need for a Menstrual Act, which encompasses all aspects of menstruation - to safeguard women, girls and people with periods, and the environment. We cannot have health and climate justice without period equity!
 

Our guest speakers include:

1. Baroness Natalie Bennett, Green Party peer

2. Karen Joash - Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Scientific Advisor to Global Black Maternal Health, and Tommy's Charity

3. Dr Maria Tomlinson, Researcher in Health Communication and Social Inequalities

4. Chair: Helen Lynn, Wen Health Advisor and Environmenstrual Campaign Manager

5. More speakers to be confirmed

What to expect

Networking Reception & Stalls

The evening will start with a networking reception with drinks and a nibbles.  You can enjoy looking around the stalls from grassroots and national women’s and environmental organisations.

Speaker Panel

This will be followed by a speaker panel. 

Buy tickets – What do periods have to do with health and climate justice? – Amnesty International Human Rights Centre (tickettailor.com)