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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* You can find '''tampons''' in certain markets in larger cities, such as Vientiane and Luang Prabang. Some markets that may carry tampons are M-Point marts, Home Ideal, Simeuang Market (opposite the wat) and Pimphone market.<ref>[https://www.travelfish.org/beginners_detail/laos/21 Awkward healthcare questions in Laos]</ref> | * By far, the most menstrual popular option for Laotian women are '''pads/pantyliners''' (especially in urban areas) and '''cloth menstrual products''' (especially among rural or village women). | ||
* You can find '''tampons''' in certain markets in larger cities, such as Vientiane and Luang Prabang. Some markets that may carry tampons are M-Point marts, Home Ideal, Simeuang Market (opposite the wat) and Pimphone market.<ref>[https://www.travelfish.org/beginners_detail/laos/21 Awkward healthcare questions in Laos]</ref> According to a health care professional, based in Laos, "Tampons are sold in most modern grocery stores in the city. Most Lao women do prefer pads or cloth." | |||
* Regarding reusable '''menstrual products, organic menstrual products or menstrual cups''', there seems to be very little available resources, other than traditional cloth methods used by village women. There are no known sellers of major menstrual cup brands (such as DivaCup, MoonCup, RubyCup, Lunette, etc) in Laos. However, menstrual cups can be purchased online and sent to Laos, or they can be purchased in other countries in the regions, such as [[Thailand]], [[Vietnam]] or [[Singapore]], and brought back to Laos. According to one health care professional, based in Laos, "There are a few projects for reusable menstrual pads and hygiene. I’ve never seen the cup for sale myself, and most of my colleagues in the city don’t know about this." | |||
'''Organizations working on menstrual issues in Laos:''' | '''Organizations working on menstrual issues in Laos:''' | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/Laosgirlsteenproject/ Laos Teen Girl Project]: "The Lao Girls Teen Project was started by the French NGO, Eau Laos Solidarité (ELS). In partnership with the Luang Prabang Library Community Outreach programme, we teach hygiene awareness in schools through fun workshops with trained Laotian hygiene educators." | * [https://www.facebook.com/Laosgirlsteenproject/ Laos Teen Girl Project]: "The Lao Girls Teen Project was started by the French NGO, Eau Laos Solidarité (ELS). In partnership with the Luang Prabang Library Community Outreach programme, we teach hygiene awareness in schools through fun workshops with trained Laotian hygiene educators." | ||
* [https://www.daysforgirls.org/single-post/2016/08/26/Days-for-Girls-Goes-to-Laos Days for Girls - Laos]: Learn about when Days for Girls, an organization that focuses on women's hygiene, went to Laos. | |||
* [http://www.generationeducationperiod.com/ Generation Education Period]: "GEP supports women and girls in Laos & Cambodia by providing them with sanitary kits. Many girls & women, who are living in poverty, find life difficult when they have their period. They miss work & school and are often isolated. By providing them with eco friendly, washable GEP Kits, girls can attend school, women can work and they can enjoy their life feeling safe and protected. The kits will last up to 3 years, which will give them more money for education and for their family." | |||
* [https://chuffed.org/project/generationeducationperiod Period - Lotus Educational Fund Ltd]: "With the support of NGO's Green Umbrella, Khmer women are being trained to sew sustainable hygienic sanitary kits to be distributed to women and girls in Cambodia and Laos. This project aims to reduce absenteeism for secondary school girls while providing dignity to the lives of women and girls in socially impoverished villages." | |||
* [lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4442938/file/4442943.pdf Period of Shame]: This report provides information on the effects of menstrual hygiene management on rural women and girls' quality of life in Savannakhet, Laos. | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||