TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber speaking in Trafalgar Square at ACTSA Dignity! Period rally on International Women's Day
The Dignity! Period campaign was launched by ACTSA in 2005 in solidarity with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and supported by the UK trade union movement and a number of celebrities. It offers very practical support to the women of Zimbabwe, where inflation has made sanitary products prohibitively expensive. Since its start the campaign has distributed more than 3 million sanitary pads, enabling women and girls in Zimbabwe to continue work and education without the risk to their health from using newspapers and dirty rags. The Zimbabwe government has reneged on its promise not to collect import duties on the pads, and the campaign is now working through the only remaining local manufacturer of these products to avoid paying this tax. Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA), the successor organisation to the Anti Apartheid Movement, campaigns with the people of Southern Africa as they strive to build a better future.
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Location: Trafalgar Square, London, England, UK
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