Ryukoku University has signed a partnership agreement with Oiteru Co., Ltd., which provides the service "OiTr" that realizes free sanitary napkins, to promote efforts to eliminate gender gaps and economic disparities. Concluded. By the end of 2021, we plan to install "OiTr" in a total of about 700 toilets on campus, which is the first attempt at a university in Kansai.
According to the "Awareness Survey on the Physiology of Japanese Youth Women (International NGO Plan International)" conducted on 15 women aged 24 to 2,000, "sanitary products" due to economic and psychological reasons and lack of knowledge. I couldn't buy or hesitated. ”More than one-third of the women.
In addition, at the "Ryukoku University Social Entrepreneurship Development Program 2020" held in November 11, a team of Yume Oki (second year student of the Faculty of Letters) and others gave a business idea on "physiological poverty" ("correct information on menstruation". ”) Was announced, and a proposal was made to solve this problem.
At Ryukoku University, where 7,743 female students (as of May 2021, 5) are enrolled, in response to the results of such awareness surveys and suggestions from students, in June 1, "Resolving period poverty was resolved" on campus. Established a "working group to do".As the first initiative, we decided to introduce "OiTr", a service that realizes free sanitary napkins, for the first time at a university in Kansai.
"OiTr" is a service that is installed in a private toilet and is always equipped with sanitary napkins like toilet paper and is provided free of charge.With the aim of reducing the financial burden on sanitary napkins for all women visiting the university, it is planned to install them in a total of about 2021 toilets on three campuses by the end of 3.
In the future, Ryukoku University will expand its activities inside and outside the university together with Oiteru Co., Ltd., support installation in schools and areas near the campus, develop educational content related to female physiology centered on students, and install it in men's toilets. Aim to realize "creating a society where no one is left behind" such as expansion.