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Publication - Impact assessment

Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021: Equality Impact Assessment

Published
15 August 2022
Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Part of
Equality and rights
ISBN
9781804358016

Equality Impact Assessment of the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021

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Footnotes

1. The Period Products in Schools (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (legislation.gov.uk)

2. Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 (legislation.gov.uk)

3. Introduction - Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021: guidance – September 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4. Access to free sanitary products: EQIA - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

5. Access to free sanitary products in Scottish Government buildings: EQIA - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6. Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill – Bills (proposed laws) – Scottish Parliament | Scottish Parliament Website

7. Introduction - Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021: guidance – September 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8. Equality Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)

9. https://www.gov.scot/publications/accessfree-sanitaryproducts-equality-impact-assessment/ [10] - https://www.gov.scot/publications/access-free-sanitary-products-programme-governmentcommitment-business-regulatory-impact/

10. https://www.gov.scot/publications/access-free-sanitary-products-those-school-college-universitychild-rights/

11. https://www.gov.scot/publications/access-free-sanitary-products-strategic-environmentalassessment-pre-screening-notification/

12. Access to free sanitary products in Scottish Government buildings: EQIA - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

13. Access to free sanitary products: EQIA - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

14. More than one in three UK women face period stigma | ActionAid UK

15. References - Tackling child poverty - third year progress report : annex B - child poverty in families with a disabled adult or child - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

16. Menstrual issues for women with intellectual disability - PMC (nih.gov)

17. Queering Menstruation: Trans and Non‐Binary Identity and Body Politics - Frank - 2020 - Sociological Inquiry - Wiley Online Library

18. What is the average cost to have a baby? (moneyhelper.org.uk)

19. Why we need to eradicate period poverty to reduce the inequality between women - JAN Trust

20. Vaginal douching and racial/ethnic disparities in phthalates exposures among reproductive-aged women: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001–2004 | Environmental Health | FullText (biomedcentral.com)

21. Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022-2026-annex 7: equality impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

22. Access to sanitary products Aberdeen pilot: evaluation report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

23. Young Scot Corporate - Access to Sanitary Products

24. YS_Access_Period_Products_Report_UPDATED.pdf (squarespace.com)

25. Engender-Roundtable-Summary-Period-Poverty-June-2017.pdf

26. Plan International UK Report: Break the Barriers: Girls' Experiences of Menstruation in the UK

27. Always__Plan_UK_-_Its_Time_To_Talk_-_Full_Report.pdf (ctfassets.net)

28. Plan International UK, 2020 Report: The state of girls' rights in the UK: Early insights into the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on girls

Contact

Email: financialwellbeing@gov.scot

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