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Règles élémentaires
Sanitary products for all
Women rightsSocial actionÎle-de-France
With 1 €,
Règles élémentaires finances:
50 protection collected and redistributed
3,312 €5,000 €
55 Captains
Challenge
1.7 million women in France (almost 1 in 10 menstruating women)aren't able to afford sanitary product and therefore live their periods with dignity.
The reason for this is twofold: firstly, menstruation is expensive (around €15/month for sanitary products and painkillers); secondly, the subject remains taboo throughout society, and these products, though essential, are not made available to women who need them.
The reason for this is twofold: firstly, menstruation is expensive (around €15/month for sanitary products and painkillers); secondly, the subject remains taboo throughout society, and these products, though essential, are not made available to women who need them.
Solution
To provide a concrete response to this problem, Règles Élémentaires organizes sanitary products collections and redistributes them to a network of over 600 associations partners throughout France. At the same time, the association is working to get laws changed so that these protections are available wherever they are needed for women on the street or in precarious situations, students or even single parents.
Recent result
In 2021,6.1 million sanitary pads were collectedand redistributed to women in precarious situations benefiting nearly 300,000 women. In 2022, RE collected 5,456,598 sanitary pads nationwide, including 150,494 in Île-de-France, benefiting 212,964 women and corresponding to 573,831 months of menstruation covered.
The money will be used for
Sums raised will benefit the association's Paris branch and help finance logistical materials (bags, boxes, scotch tape) as well as its storage and delivery costs.
Goal
With €5,000, the Paris branch will be able to cover all its logistical costs, enabling the collection of 250,000 products and redistribution to over 12,000 women over the year.
9 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 PARIS, France
Together, we can move the lines and change the rules!
Règles Élémentaires is the first French association to combat menstrual precariousness. Founded in 2015 by Tara Heuzé-Sarmini, the association's mission is twofold: to collect intimate hygiene products made available free of charge to women in need, and to break the taboo of menstruation by carrying out numerous, diverse and varied awareness-raising actions (information workshops, training, awareness-raising events, for example).
Do you know what's in your sanitary pads?
Règles Élémentaires has redistributed over 15 million pads since its creation in 2015. These protections are indispensable to the 4 million people who are in menstrual precariousness today.
However, our association doesn't just work in the field, we're also committed to changing the rules more globally, and this involves lobbying public authorities to actually regulate the composition of periodical protection.
In fact, we don't know what's in these protections because manufacturers aren't obliged to list the composition on the packets. That's why, on May 28, we published a petition alongside the Fondation des Femmes and the Collectif Georgette Sand to ask formore transparency on the composition of periodical protection.The decree currently being prepared on the subject doesn't suit us: not clear or restrictive enough.
Today, the petition is approaching 20,000 signatures and the fight isn't over!
However, our association doesn't just work in the field, we're also committed to changing the rules more globally, and this involves lobbying public authorities to actually regulate the composition of periodical protection.
In fact, we don't know what's in these protections because manufacturers aren't obliged to list the composition on the packets. That's why, on May 28, we published a petition alongside the Fondation des Femmes and the Collectif Georgette Sand to ask formore transparency on the composition of periodical protection.The decree currently being prepared on the subject doesn't suit us: not clear or restrictive enough.
Today, the petition is approaching 20,000 signatures and the fight isn't over!
Sorting of all protections by our volunteers before redistributionReview of the first quarter 2023 - Thanks to you!
Since the start of 2023, we've already redistributed over 150,000 sanitary pads to our partner associations in the Ile-de-France region, representing over 7,000 menstrual months covered so far.
This is a highly motivating figure, and we hope to keep up the momentum for the rest of the year!
In fact, according to our latest survey in collaboration with Opinion Way, there are 4 million people who are in a situation of menstrual precariousness in France.
This is a highly motivating figure, and we hope to keep up the momentum for the rest of the year!
In fact, according to our latest survey in collaboration with Opinion Way, there are 4 million people who are in a situation of menstrual precariousness in France.
Distribution of sanitary pads to female students at a Cop'1 event in December 2022.672,958 sanitary pads distributed in Paris in 2022
The aim of this project was to finance all the activities of the Paris branch for the collection and redistribution of sanitary protection. This year, 672,958 products were distributed to Parisian associations, thanks in particular to our new storage facility, located in the 18th arrondissement, which enables us to be as close as possible to the needs. For the time being, the Paris area is linked to our national activities, but from February onwards, we'll be able to open our brand new branch, headed by 4 motivated and well-trained volunteers. They will enable us to better coordinate the various activities in the Ile-de-France region and redistribute funds more efficiently. We're also looking forward to the forthcoming purchase of an electric car, which will enable us to distribute donations to small associations that don't have the means to travel.
In early December, in the company of the Cop'1 association, we were able to distribute sanitary pads to over 1,000 female students in the Place du Louvre.
In early December, in the company of the Cop'1 association, we were able to distribute sanitary pads to over 1,000 female students in the Place du Louvre.
Protection redistributed to hundreds of thousands of women!Over 1 million sanitary pads redistributed!
Since the beginning of the year, thanks to your support, the association has redistributed more than 1 million sanitary pads to nearly 80,000 women in need throughout France!