Since April 2023, thanks to the initiative of the Equal Opportunity Officers, dispensers for menstrual products with tampons and pads have been hanging on all campuses of Mainz University of Applied Sciences.
The equality officers would like to use the complimentary and freely accessible products to support university staff and students who spontaneously need period products in their daily studies or at work. In addition to more equality within the infrastructure at the university, the project also aims to help with the problem of period poverty: Periods can be a major financial burden, with total costs averaging 16,000 Euro in a lifetime.
With the menstrual product dispensers in public spaces, Mainz University of Applied Sciences is also making a statement against the social taboo surrounding menstruation.
Locations of the menstrual product dispensers:
- Campus: ground floor, A0.11 (handicapped restroom and diaper-changing room)
- Holzstraße: ground floor, in the restroom vestibule next to the elevators
- Rheinstraße: ground floor, in front of the restrooms across from Room R.0.06
- Wallstraße: 4th floor, in the restroom vestibule
- LUX Pavillon: 2nd floor, in the vestibule of the women's restroom