--- ---  # Scotland’s New Initiative to Provide Free Period Products to All by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Dec 11, 2023 10:14 PM UTCPublished: Aug 30, 2022 4:05 PM UTC  Campaigners and activists rally outside the Scottish Parliament in support of the Scottish Governments Support For Period Products Bill on February 25, 2020 in Edinburgh,Scotland. Campaigners and activists rally outside the Scottish Parliament in support of the Scottish Governments Support For Period Products Bill on February 25, 2020 in Edinburgh,Scotland.Getty Images—2020 Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Dec 11, 2023 10:14 PM UTCPublished: Aug 30, 2022 4:05 PM UTC Scotland’s Initiative to Provide Free Period Products to All ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6209569/scotland-period-poverty-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6209569/scotland-period-poverty-video/"},"headline":"Scotland’s New Initiative to Provide Free Period Products to All","datePublished":"2022-08-30T16:05:46.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-11T22:14:16.000Z","description":"Around 500 million people worldwide are unable to access tampons, pads, and other menstruation products due to financial constraints.","url":"https://time.com/6209569/scotland-period-poverty-video/","keywords":["Health Care","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf70feb502868ffda/698a350016d8840a9dc3af84/scotland-period-poverty.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf70feb502868ffda/698a350016d8840a9dc3af84/scotland-period-poverty.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rally Outside Parliament To Support Free Provision Of Period Products In Scotland","caption":"Rally Outside Parliament To Support Free Provision Of Period Products In Scotland","creditText":"Getty Images—2020 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/health-care/","name":"Health Care"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6209569/scotland-period-poverty-video/","name":"Scotland’s New Initiative to Provide Free Period Products to All"}}]}] ```