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| Writer | Choi JongHoon | ||
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| Phone number | ******** | ||
| Subject | Gangdong supplies sanitary pads to teenagers of socially disadvantaged, all in the name of "motherhood" | ||
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Gangdong supplies sanitary pads to teenagers of socially disadvantaged, all in the name of "motherhood". "Sometimes, when I don't have enough money, I use elevator insoles or rolled up toilet papers instead of sanitary pads." This is the reality our korean teenagers face everyday. In the world-class competent country, South Korea with modern technology, not in a third-world country. Recently, the news concerning the price increase of sanitary pads brought about depressing news of teenagers finding cheap, unhygenic alternatives for the pads or even absent themselves from school. Period is something very natural, though it has been seen as sort of a taboo in modern society. This social norm may have made the term 'period' shameful, something to deal with soley by yourself. We recognized this problem. As responsible adult beings, under the name of 'motherhood', we started funding the teenagers in need. As Seoul-City Hall is supplying the basic livelihood recipients, Gangdong-Gu decided to fund 381 10~19 years old girls, 204 single mothers. From 14 to 27 this month, delivery will be done, in accordance with the requests we got on our homepage and through mail. The package includes 2 packs of sanitary pads (36 pads in total) per person per month, for 5 months for convenience sake. Also, teen-care centre, Ggumdream, cultrual hub for teenagers, teen-nuriteo, a resting place, ba-reum-ee happy house will also be supplied with the sanitary pads for convenience sake. We advertise on the target households and also encourages villagers to lend their hand for this system to be sustainable. The depressing news was a great shock for us. We thought such basic healthcare would have been there from the beginning. Other necessary policies concerning basic livelihood has been covered. In the same sense, doesn't the sanitary pads look like something of a symbol of basic human rights? |
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