Free Sanitary Pads and Tampons Coming to Copenhagen Schools: “Not a Core Municipal Task”
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- Copenhagen’s public-school students are set to receive free sanitary pads and tampons under the city’s 2027 budget.
Free sanitary pads and tampons are on their way to students at Copenhagen’s public schools after a broad majority at city hall presented the 2027 budget on Wednesday.
The Alternative party is celebrating what it calls a “gender-equality victory” in Copenhagen’s school toilets. The Danish People’s Party, however, is unhappy that taxpayers will pay for the initiative.
The policy has therefore drawn both praise as an equality measure and criticism from those who argue that providing menstrual products is not a core responsibility of the municipality.
Not a core municipal task
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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