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Amika George

Amika George is an 18-year-old student from North London. She started the #FreePeriods campaign, which calls on the government to give free menstrual products to children from low-income families

May 2019

  • Protesters against period poverty at the London Women’s march, January 2019

    The stigma over periods won’t end until boys learn about them too

    Amika George
    Boys must be taught menstruation is not taboo, says Amika George, founder of #FreePeriods

January 2019

  • Anonymous schoolgirls in their uniform in Trafalgar Square, London.

    Girls are still missing school because of period poverty. There is an answer

    Amika George
    Our campaign aims to force the government’s hand, says Amika George, the founder of #FreePeriods

February 2018

  • Suffragettes on their way to Women’s Sunday, 21st June 1908. Crowds line the street as the suffragettes parade past, holding banners. Two banners can be seen representing the women’s movement in Islington. They had no local WSPU branch, therefore joined the Euston Road contingent, and became one of seven contingents that marched on Hyde Park that day. They were accompanied by bands playing marching music and suffragette songs. This was the first major, country-wide demonstration for women?s suffrage. Trains brought women from all over the country to join in. Speeches were made by the Pankhursts and other suffragettes. Between 200,000 and 300,000 people gathered in Hyde Park, making it one of the largest single demonstrations ever up to that time. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

    Women's suffrage centenary: May pledges consultation on criminalising abuse of MPs - as it happened

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December 2017

  • Free sanitary products<br>Community Food Initiative - food bank. Worker Kerry Wright and client Kelly Donaldson at this food bank distributing free sanitary products. It is a pilot scheme backed by the Scottish Government that may be rolled out across Scotland so that poor women can get sanitary products for free. Aberdeen, Scotland UK 01/08/2017 © COPYRIGHT PHOTO BY MURDO MACLEOD All Rights Reserved Tel + 44 131 669 9659 Mobile +44 7831 504 531 Email: m@murdophoto.com STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY See details at http://www.murdophoto.com/T%26Cs.html No syndication, no redistribution. sgealbadh, A22DEX

    The shame of period poverty is keeping British girls out of school. Let’s break the silence

    Amika George
    The stigma around menstruation is distressing for girls who can’t afford sanitary products. They should be free, writes student and #FreePeriods campaign founder Amika George
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