allAfrica.com: Kenya: Why Girls Drop Out of School

allafrica.com

...a school setting. They lack sanitary towels. They are confused by...often fathers, need to provide sanitary towels and to speak to boys about periods...interventions. Single-use sanitary towels are not sustainable in most settings...

http://allafrica.com/stories/200911020177.html

musm things, including washable sanitary towels, oils and bath oils

Washable underwear for women who have stress continence or want a little extra protection during last stages of pregnancy or post partum ** we cannot exchange any underwear for any reason **

http://www.snazzypants.co.uk/shop/prod_display.php3?formaction=catdisplay&categoryID=22

M

textiles.zibb.com

...M M® is a registered trademark used for Sanitary Towels, [ Belts For Sanitary Towels and Tampons, ] Plasters, Materials For Bandaging...Absorbing Articles For Hygiene Purposes - Namely Sanitary Towels, Tampons, Pocket Pads, Dressings, Compresses...

http://textiles.zibb.com/trademark/m/29311302

Moving on

www.mentalnurse.org.uk

...transfer her from the ward to the day unit. One morning we get a phone call from the day unit. “Erm, do you have any sanitary towels on the ward?” At the age of 16, The Kid has just started her first period. Soon, she’s ready to leave...

http://www.mentalnurse.org.uk/2009/10/moving-on/

The city that looks and smells like a landfill site

www.independent.co.uk | Nov 8, 2009

...house, to hold back a waste tide of pizza. And beer cans. And vodka bottles. She can just about cope with the used sanitary towels and soiled tissue. She recoils in horror at wriggling maggots. "We've bagged our stuff up so...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-city-that-looks-and-smells-like-a-landfill-site-1816862.html

Short Cuts · Jenny Diski: Periods

www.lrb.co.uk | Oct 14, 2009

...on suddenly. The heroes of openness opposing the tradition of silence were, of course, the manufacturers of sanitary towels. Before Kotex came along to sanitise menstruation, the phrase ‘on the rag’ (which was in use when I was...

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n20/disk01_.html

Ontex the nappy giant on sale for €1.3bn

www.telegraph.co.uk | Oct 2, 2009

...private-label sector. Ontex, which in Europe has 60pc of the white-label nappy market, also produces wet wipes and sanitary towels. The company supplies Europe's 10 largest retailers and is set for earnings before interest, tax, depreciation...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/privateequity/6255901/Ontex-the-nappy-giant-on-sale-for-1.3bn.html

Toxin-free, easy to use and eco-friendly: What's not to like about the Mooncup? | Jill Tunstall |

www.guardian.co.uk | Aug 17, 2009

...you can get. Photograph: Geoff Moore/Rex Features Every year, in Britain alone, a staggering 1bn tampons and sanitary towels are used and disposed of – many ending up in the sewerage system. If that figure gives you a PMT-type headache...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/aug/17/eco-friendly-periods-mooncup