Bangkok’s Bang Khun Tien district offers free sanitary pads to students

The Bang Khun Tien District Office, near the mouth of Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river, has given away 20,000 sanitary pads to female students in 16 public schools, in line with the policies promised by the incoming Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittphun.

Last Sunday, the Director of the Bang Khun Tien District Office, Pongjakarin Thawonpong, told the media that the district office received a budget from both state and private sectors to buy sanitary pads for the students. Pongjakarin said the district expected each public school to provide free sanitary pads in school toilets and in the first aids room.

The district director said this project is included as one of the 214 policies launched by the newly elected Bangkok governor Chadchart. According to foreign research, there were many students who were unable to afford sanitary pads, and that was affecting their studies.

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