{"id":9984,"date":"2020-12-07T17:58:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T17:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftww.org.uk\/dev\/?p=9984"},"modified":"2024-12-17T21:20:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:20:52","slug":"outrage-at-welsh-governments-failure-to-make-menstrual-education-mandatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ftww.org.uk\/cy\/2020\/12\/07\/outrage-at-welsh-governments-failure-to-make-menstrual-education-mandatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage at Welsh Government\u2019s Failure to Make Menstrual Education Mandatory"},"content":{"rendered":"

[:en]After months of collecting evidence, including that provided by FTWW, Endometriosis UK, and many other individuals, on Friday afternoon, Welsh Parliament\u2019s Children, Young People and Education Committee (CYPE) published its report on the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill. You can read the report in full here<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Unacceptably, the CYPE Committee chose to back the Education Minister\u2019s decision that \"\"<\/a>schools should have the \u2018flexibility\u2019 to choose whether to cover Menstrual Wellbeing or not, instead of standing by a commitment to mandatory teaching on the subject given by Members of the Senedd earlier in the year. Part of a unanimously passed motion on endometriosis care, this commitment would have seen all pupils in Wales taught what\u2019s \u2018normal\u2019 when it comes to periods and empowered to seek early intervention for related problems.<\/p>\n

In choosing to back the Minister\u2019s stance on this issue, the decision not to make menstrual wellbeing education mandatory is potentially both an infringement of young people\u2019s rights to education and health-related information, and in direct opposition to the wishes of many in Wales, where 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote next year for the first time. It is also completely out of step with what is happening in the rest of the UK.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This year has seen England making menstrual wellbeing education mandatory in its schools and Scottish Government announcing that period products are to be free of cost to all who need them. Meanwhile, the UK Government released a report showing that girls and women in Wales have the worst diagnostic delay for menstrual health conditions out of all 4 UK nations. Welsh Parliament\u2019s recommendation that menstrual education not be mandatory but merely \u2018optional\u2019 seems bizarre in this context, especially as for 52% of the population, periods are not a choice.<\/p>\n

As campaigners, as women – many of us mothers ourselves – will know, the notion that \u2018flexibility\u2019 in the classroom is sufficient to ensure discussion of a subject as conventionally taboo as periods does not reflect reality. The simple fact is that many teachers and pupils will avoid any such discussion unless our government makes it a requirement, and schools are supported to deliver evidence-based information on the topic.<\/p>\n

Both teachers and pupils alike have told us that they feel too embarrassed to discuss menstruation and related issues openly, resulting in many of them \u2018suffering in silence\u2019 throughout their lives. Period pain and heavy bleeding is normalised to the extent that young women feel awkward asking if what they\u2019re experiencing is OK, and yet, paradoxically, the topic is as far as it\u2019s possible to be from \u2018normal\u2019, everyday conversation. One in five girls will miss lessons due to their periods \u2013 but are too ashamed to tell their schools the real reason for their absence.<\/p>\n

Myths around menstruation and associated health issues abound. In fact, embarrassment, uncertainty, and ignorance are amongst the key reasons for shocking diagnostic delays and lack of women\u2019s health services in Wales.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Endometriosis, a gynaecological condition affecting one in ten young women (about the same as diabetes or asthma) in which symptoms often commence around the same time as periods begin (typically age 12-13) takes over 9 years to diagnose in Wales. Meanwhile, menopause \u2013 which will affect 52% of the population at some point \u2013 still sees women in the region often unable to access specialist help and HRT, or suffering mistreatment in the workplace, largely as a result of inadequate training or awareness. Despite the huge numbers affected, neither is considered worthy of additional funding for provision in general practice, unlike other \u2018enhanced services\u2019 such as COPD or diabetes, for example.<\/p>\n

In its report, the Committee stated that to make the Menstrual Education mandatory would \u2018risk overcrowding the curriculum\u2019 \u2013 a curriculum which will go unappreciated by the one in five young women missing hundreds of hours of lessons throughout their educational careers because of their periods, or the one in two who describe their concentration to be negatively impacted by menstrual pain and \/ or bleeding.<\/p>\n

Notwithstanding \u2018concerns about overcrowding (the curriculum)\u2019, the Committee still felt that there was sufficient space within it to recommend that mental health and wellbeing be mandatory \u2013 something with which we wholeheartedly agree. However, what is completely missing from this recommendation is the acknowledgement that for many young women, their mental health is inextricably tied to their menstrual cycle.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>By this, we are not just referring to the one in twenty affected by PMDD (Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder), a very severe form of the more well-known PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome) but also the everyday issues of bleeding through one\u2019s school uniform, worrying about asking to go to the toilet during class \u2013 again \u2013 or being ridiculed for having extra-absorbent tampons in one\u2019s bag. These alone can be enough to cause unbearable anxiety and stress. The disconnect is evidence \u2013 if any more were needed \u2013 of the need for mandatory education on menstrual wellbeing in schools, and as a matter of urgency.<\/p>\n

Quite rightly, mental health has, in recent times, been the subject of many and varied public campaigns, mostly underpinned by the message that \u2018talking saves lives\u2019. Mental health issues now feature regularly in mainstream media, whether in documentaries or TV soaps.<\/p>\n

Thanks to prominent and effective messaging, most are conscious that one in four of us will be affected by a mental health issue at some point in our lives, so improving awareness and enabling young people to identify problems and build resilience is paramount. Why then does the same argument apparently not extend to the one in two pupils having periods?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Carwyn Jones at Llandudno Labour Conference 2018 committing to give Wales a Feminist Goverment.<\/p><\/div>\n

How many public health campaigns have we seen on menstrual health recently? When was the last time we saw a young woman in \u2018Coronation Street\u2019 stand up from her lunch in \u2018Roy\u2019s Rolls\u2019 with blood-soaked jeans? When was there ever a serious discussion aimed at breaking down the misconceptions and stigma surrounding menstruation in the UK on \u2018Panorama\u2019? The answer is never. And this sorry state of affairs is likely to continue whilst the Welsh Government, having committed to becoming a feminist Government[i]<\/a> back in 2018, considers period health a topic not requiring of mandatory inclusion in its new curriculum.<\/p>\n

There is still scope for our elected representatives to ensure that Menstrual Wellbeing features on the Health & Wellbeing Area of Learning and Experience (AoLE) \u2018What Matters Statement\u2019<\/em>. This would go some way to influencing schools\u2019 decision-making in terms of their curriculum\u2019s content.<\/p>\n

The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill as it stands, and the Committee\u2019s report, will be debated in the Senedd on the 15th<\/sup> of this month (December 2020). The wellbeing of our future generations depends on Members using this opportunity to speak up for women and their health \u2013 that<\/em> is what matters.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>***To make sure your elected Member of the Senedd (MS) speaks up in defence of mandatory menstrual wellbeing education, including having it listed on the \u2018Health and Wellbeing\u2019 AoLE \u2018What Matters Statement\u2019<\/em>, please contact them before December 15th<\/sup>, asking that they make this request during the Senedd debate on the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill. You can find your MS here<\/a> and a template letter to send here<\/a>: <\/strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n

[i]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welshlabour.wales\/first-minister-carwyn-jones-am-speech-to-welsh-labour-conference-2018\/[:cy]After months of collecting evidence, including that provided by FTWW, Endometriosis UK, and many other individuals, on Friday afternoon, Welsh Parliament\u2019s Children, Young People and Education Committee (CYPE) published its report on the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill. You can read the report in full here<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Unacceptably, the CYPE Committee chose to back the Education Minister\u2019s decision that \"\"<\/a>schools should have the \u2018flexibility\u2019 to choose whether to cover Menstrual Wellbeing or not, instead of standing by a commitment to mandatory teaching on the subject given by Members of the Senedd earlier in the year. Part of a unanimously passed motion on endometriosis care, this commitment would have seen all pupils in Wales taught what\u2019s \u2018normal\u2019 when it comes to periods and empowered to seek early intervention for related problems.<\/p>\n

In choosing to back the Minister\u2019s stance on this issue, the decision not to make menstrual wellbeing education mandatory is potentially both an infringement of young people\u2019s rights to education and health-related information, and in direct opposition to the wishes of many in Wales, where 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote next year for the first time. It is also completely out of step with what is happening in the rest of the UK.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This year has seen England making menstrual wellbeing education mandatory in its schools and Scottish Government announcing that period products are to be free of cost to all who need them. Meanwhile, the UK Government released a report showing that girls and women in Wales have the worst diagnostic delay for menstrual health conditions out of all 4 UK nations. Welsh Parliament\u2019s recommendation that menstrual education not be mandatory but merely \u2018optional\u2019 seems bizarre in this context, especially as for 52% of the population, periods are not a choice.<\/p>\n

As campaigners, as women – many of us mothers ourselves – will know, the notion that \u2018flexibility\u2019 in the classroom is sufficient to ensure discussion of a subject as conventionally taboo as periods does not reflect reality. The simple fact is that many teachers and pupils will avoid any such discussion unless our government makes it a requirement, and schools are supported to deliver evidence-based information on the topic.<\/p>\n

Both teachers and pupils alike have told us that they feel too embarrassed to discuss menstruation and related issues openly, resulting in many of them \u2018suffering in silence\u2019 throughout their lives. Period pain and heavy bleeding is normalised to the extent that young women feel awkward asking if what they\u2019re experiencing is OK, and yet, paradoxically, the topic is as far as it\u2019s possible to be from \u2018normal\u2019, everyday conversation. One in five girls will miss lessons due to their periods \u2013 but are too ashamed to tell their schools the real reason for their absence.<\/p>\n

Myths around menstruation and associated health issues abound. In fact, embarrassment, uncertainty, and ignorance are amongst the key reasons for shocking diagnostic delays and lack of women\u2019s health services in Wales.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Endometriosis, a gynaecological condition affecting one in ten young women (about the same as diabetes or asthma) in which symptoms often commence around the same time as periods begin (typically age 12-13) takes over 9 years to diagnose in Wales. Meanwhile, menopause \u2013 which will affect 52% of the population at some point \u2013 still sees women in the region often unable to access specialist help and HRT, or suffering mistreatment in the workplace, largely as a result of inadequate training or awareness. Despite the huge numbers affected, neither is considered worthy of additional funding for provision in general practice, unlike other \u2018enhanced services\u2019 such as COPD or diabetes, for example.<\/p>\n

In its report, the Committee stated that to make the Menstrual Education mandatory would \u2018risk overcrowding the curriculum\u2019 \u2013 a curriculum which will go unappreciated by the one in five young women missing hundreds of hours of lessons throughout their educational careers because of their periods, or the one in two who describe their concentration to be negatively impacted by menstrual pain and \/ or bleeding.<\/p>\n

Notwithstanding \u2018concerns about overcrowding (the curriculum)\u2019, the Committee still felt that there was sufficient space within it to recommend that mental health and wellbeing be mandatory \u2013 something with which we wholeheartedly agree. However, what is completely missing from this recommendation is the acknowledgement that for many young women, their mental health is inextricably tied to their menstrual cycle.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>By this, we are not just referring to the one in twenty affected by PMDD (Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder), a very severe form of the more well-known PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome) but also the everyday issues of bleeding through one\u2019s school uniform, worrying about asking to go to the toilet during class \u2013 again \u2013 or being ridiculed for having extra-absorbent tampons in one\u2019s bag. These alone can be enough to cause unbearable anxiety and stress. The disconnect is evidence \u2013 if any more were needed \u2013 of the need for mandatory education on menstrual wellbeing in schools, and as a matter of urgency.<\/p>\n

Quite rightly, mental health has, in recent times, been the subject of many and varied public campaigns, mostly underpinned by the message that \u2018talking saves lives\u2019. Mental health issues now feature regularly in mainstream media, whether in documentaries or TV soaps.<\/p>\n

Thanks to prominent and effective messaging, most are conscious that one in four of us will be affected by a mental health issue at some point in our lives, so improving awareness and enabling young people to identify problems and build resilience is paramount. Why then does the same argument apparently not extend to the one in two pupils having periods?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Carwyn Jones at Llandudno Labour Conference 2018 committing to give Wales a Feminist Goverment.<\/p><\/div>\n

How many public health campaigns have we seen on menstrual health recently? When was the last time we saw a young woman in \u2018Coronation Street\u2019 stand up from her lunch in \u2018Roy\u2019s Rolls\u2019 with blood-soaked jeans? When was there ever a serious discussion aimed at breaking down the misconceptions and stigma surrounding menstruation in the UK on \u2018Panorama\u2019? The answer is never. And this sorry state of affairs is likely to continue whilst the Welsh Government, having committed to becoming a feminist Government[i]<\/a> back in 2018, considers period health a topic not requiring of mandatory inclusion in its new curriculum.<\/p>\n

There is still scope for our elected representatives to ensure that Menstrual Wellbeing features on the Health & Wellbeing Area of Learning and Experience (AoLE) \u2018What Matters Statement\u2019<\/em>. This would go some way to influencing schools\u2019 decision-making in terms of their curriculum\u2019s content.<\/p>\n

The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill as it stands, and the Committee\u2019s report, will be debated in the Senedd on the 15th<\/sup> of this month (December 2020). The wellbeing of our future generations depends on Members using this opportunity to speak up for women and their health \u2013 that<\/em> is what matters.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>***To make sure your elected Member of the Senedd (MS) speaks up in defence of mandatory menstrual wellbeing education, including having it listed on the \u2018Health and Wellbeing\u2019 AoLE \u2018What Matters Statement\u2019<\/em>, please contact them before December 15th<\/sup>, asking that they make this request during the Senedd debate on the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill. You can find your MS here<\/a> and a template letter to send here<\/a>: <\/strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n

[i]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welshlabour.wales\/first-minister-carwyn-jones-am-speech-to-welsh-labour-conference-2018\/[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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