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Choose reusable sanitary products over disposables, say eco-activists

Reusable period products are still the most sustainable and kind on the environment, say anti-plastics campaigners, despite the introduction of flushable, biodegradable sanitary products. According to a recent survey commissioned by Fluus, a company that sells flushable pads and tampons, over a third of women polled had flushed these two sanitary items and more than half of them do it every month.

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Lord of Weymouth worried MPs could block amendment to Online Safety Bill

A sponsor of an amendment to the Online Safety Bill that seeks to boost protections for women and girls fears the government will block its passage through parliament. 

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Transgender artists seek to diversify London’s queer spaces through Bodyswap

This month’s curator for Bodyswap, a series of events held at the East London nightclub Dalston Superstore to celebrate the transgender community, says there is a lack of ethnic diversity in the capital’s trans and queer scenes.

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Change starts with me: young people campaign against plastics for World Ocean Day

Children can have an impact in the fight against climate change and to save our oceans, say the teenaged founders of Kids Against Plastic (KAP) on the eve of World Ocean Day tomorrow.

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Young people to drive changes to care system in Wales

Youth activists in Wales say they’ll be keeping an eye on how the Welsh government delivers the radical reforms it has promised to overhaul the nation’s care system services in the face of a steep increase in the number of children in care.

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Students shunning insurance companies with fossil fuel ties say their open letter is just the first step 

Students send an open letter saying they won’t work for insurance companies insuring controversial fossil fuel projects.