There is now an at­tempt to help women and young girls who can­not af­ford men­stru­al prod­ucts.

This ini­tia­tive by the Syr­i­an Lebanese Women’s As­so­ci­a­tion (SLWA) is to do­nate reusable pe­ri­od panties to 150 girls through their im­pact­ful “Pe­ri­od Panty Project.”

Ac­cord­ing to the SLWA, in a re­lease, they are tak­ing a sig­nif­i­cant step to­wards ad­dress­ing pe­ri­od pover­ty in T&T.

“This ini­tia­tive aims to as­sist in al­le­vi­at­ing the chal­lenges faced by women and girls who lack ac­cess to af­ford­able men­stru­al prod­ucts, high­light­ing the im­por­tance of men­stru­al hy­giene and em­pow­er­ing in­di­vid­u­als in need,” SLWA said.

“These chal­lenges of­ten re­sult in ad­verse con­se­quences such as com­pro­mised health, lim­it­ed ed­u­ca­tion­al op­por­tu­ni­ties, and di­min­ished self-es­teem.

Recog­nis­ing the grav­i­ty of this is­sue, the mem­bers and friends of the SLWA have part­nered with Ren­tok­il Ini­tial to launch “The Pe­ri­od Panty Project,” to en­sure that women and girls have ac­cess to sus­tain­able and safe men­stru­al prod­ucts,” it added.

The reusable pe­ri­od panties of­fer an eco-friend­ly, cost ef­fec­tive and re­li­able al­ter­na­tive to tra­di­tion­al men­stru­al prod­ucts. It is de­signed with a four-lay­er tow­el tech­nol­o­gy and fea­tur­ing a spe­cial wick­ing lay­er, these pe­ri­od panties quick­ly ab­sorb men­stru­al blood, elim­i­nat­ing any dis­com­fort as­so­ci­at­ed with a “wet feel­ing.”

Each re­cip­i­ent will re­ceive five panties each, which can be washed and reused.

The SLWA has dis­trib­uted these reusable pe­ri­od panties through the Liv­ing Wa­ter Com­mu­ni­ty, and var­i­ous sec­ondary schools through­out the na­tion.