Menstrual Care Charter by Verónica Rodríguez https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk Please, add a menstrual care demand below. Also, grade and comment on demands (you can contribute anonymously). en-us 2021-05-09 09:51:38 UTC 2021-05-28 08:59:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/983610012/a573c38b475e8acbd0b934ca52901966/pexels_sora_shimazaki_5938402.jpg No person will be told that pain is normal. Every person will be informed about types of dysmenorrhea (period pain), and their pain will be duly investigated if recurrent and/or severe. veronicarodriguezac https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1526760551 2021-05-15 06:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1526760551 All menstruators will be given the space and respect to express their experience with menstruation without fear of judgement, bias or exclusion https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1553577714 2021-05-24 13:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1553577714 Research communities, policymakers, and legislators will invest - time, care, energy, and resources - in understanding menstruants pain and finding ways to ease and alleviate it. sebartley https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1554998796 2021-05-24 18:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1554998796 Menstruation will not be an 'embarrasing' topic anymore. People of all ages and genders must be open to conversations about it and also be respectful towards menstruators. emilymary2001 https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1562152999 2021-05-26 16:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1562152999 Talking about menstruation will become normal - not something that people assume you will keep secret. https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1564826318 2021-05-27 12:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1564826318 Getting in depth explanations about treatment recommendations and being able to query decisions by doctors will be expected rather than discouraged. https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1564829086 2021-05-27 12:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1564829086 Contraception and fertility support will not be decided on the whim of inappropriate gatekeepers. https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1564832217 2021-05-27 12:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1564832217 Trans, nonbinary and queer menstruators will receive equal care and will hear inclusive language from their healthcare practitioners. https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1564838424 2021-05-27 12:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1564838424 Medical training will change so that GPs are not encouraged to prescribe birth control along the same pathways, or prescribe at all, if there is a risk that this will mask symptoms rather than relieving them. https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1564842219 2021-05-27 12:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1564842219 All healthcare trainees will recieve updated education on menstruation and reproductive taboos, and current staff will have training on sensitively listening to and supporting symptom reporting from patients working through internalised menstrual shame. https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1564846276 2021-05-27 12:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1564846276 Don't tell me: 'I'm hormonal'. Don't tell me 'It's probably your period again!'. Not all of us feel the same pain. Not all of us have the same symptoms. But period pains, emotional and physical are real. Stop making fun of them Stop treating me like a freak. Stop shaming young girls and their bodies. Time to end this social stigma. akontopoulou https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1565389000 2021-05-27 14:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1565389000 https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1566344320 Safe, sustainable menstrual products will be tax free and available to all. More education around menstrual cups and other reusable options. ]]> 2021-05-27 18:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1566344320 https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1566477921 Medical professionals will not wait for people who menstruate to come to them with problems, but will be proactive in asking patients how their menstruation is going and if they need information or help, and always check if the problems that a patient reports may be related to the menstrual cycle. ]]> 2021-05-27 19:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1566477921 https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1566488908 Pharmaceutical companies will test new drugs not only on men, but on women, trans people, non-binary people and others who menstruate at different stages of their cycle.]]> 2021-05-27 19:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/veronicarodriguezac/6lz30vz11jkpvczk/wish/1566488908