所有女性免费领取卫生巾？苏格兰成全球首例
<p><span word="Another">Another</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="Scotland">Scotland</span>: <span word="yesterday">yesterday</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="parliament">parliament</span> <span word="voted">voted</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="unanimously">unanimously</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="women">women</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="sanitary">sanitary</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="freely">freely</span> <span word="available">available</span>. <span word="Scottish">Scottish</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pick">pick</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="tampons">tampons</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pads">pads</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="places">places</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="pharmacies">pharmacies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="centers">centers</span>.</p><p>我们又有了一个去苏格兰旅游并爱上它的理由：昨天该国议会投票，几乎全票通过为女性免费提供卫生用品。苏格兰的女人们将能够在药房和社区中心等地领取卫生棉条和卫生巾。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Period">Period</span> <span word="Products">Products</span> (<span word="Free">Free</span> <span word="Provision">Provision</span>) <span word="Scotland">Scotland</span> <span word="bill">bill</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pass">pass</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="remaining">remaining</span> <span word="legislative">legislative</span> <span word="hurdles">hurdles</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> “<span word="real">real</span> <span word="signal">signal</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="seriously">seriously</span> <span word="parliament">parliament</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="gender">gender</span> <span word="equality">equality</span>,” <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bill">bill</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="proposer">proposer</span>, <span word="parliament">parliament</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="Monica">Monica</span> <span word="Lennon">Lennon</span>. <span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="Scotland">Scotland</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="providing">providing</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="sanitary">sanitary</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="universities">universities</span>.</p><p>《苏格兰（免费提供）经期用品法案》的提议者同时也是议会成员的<span word="Monica">Monica</span> <span word="Lennon">Lennon</span>说，预计这项法案能通过剩余的立法障碍，它是“给该国人民传递的真实信号，体现议会认真对待两性平等”。两年前，苏格兰开始为学校和大学免费提供卫生用品。</p><p><span word="Women">Women</span> <span word="typically">typically</span> <span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="over">over</span> $2000 <span word="on">on</span> <span word="sanitary">sanitary</span> <span word="products">products</span>. <span word="A">A</span> 2018 <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Young">Young</span> <span word="Scot">Scot</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quarter">quarter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="struggled">struggled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="afford">afford</span> <span word="sanitary">sanitary</span> <span word="products">products</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="scenario">scenario</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> “<span word="period">period</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span>.”</p><p>女性卫生用品的花销通常超过2000美元。2018年<span word="Young">Young</span> <span word="Scot">Scot</span>（青年信息慈善机构）进行的调查发现四分之一的年轻女性买不起卫生用品，这种情况很常见，被称为“经期贫困”。</p>
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