PINK BOX AT THE UW
The University of Warsaw has joined the social campaign Pink Box.
This is a campaign to place boxes of sanitary pads and tampons in women’s toilets. They serve as an additional support for people who do not happen to have personal hygiene products with them. The Pink Boxes aim to make it easier for female students, postgraduates and employees to function at the university and take care of their mental comfort. They also provide support for the less well-off, for whom the purchase of personal hygiene products is a significant expense.
The UW’s involvement in this campaign is a signal to the academic community and beyond that the university cares about the wellbeing and welfare of those who study and work here.
The aim of the campaign is to combat menstrual taboos and exclusion.
What is menstrual poverty?
This is a topic that is still too rarely addressed. According to the most common definition, it refers to limited access to hygiene products for menstruating people. The problem can be permanent or temporary.
It affects menstruating people who, for various reasons, find themselves in a difficult financial situation, including:
- people from dysfunctional families/relationships;
- young people in conflict with their parents/guardians;
- people who have lost their jobs;
- divorced persons, often raising children on their own.
Temporary or permanent financial problems result in difficult access to sanitary pads/tampons. This, unfortunately, often results in having to make difficult choices: what to buy – hygiene products or food?
In Poland, nearly 500 000 people cannot afford to buy sanitary pads or tampons.
At many faculties (list below), in the University Library, dormitories and student government buildings, you can already find Pink Boxes, in bathrooms marked with a sticker.
The Pink Boxes at the UW are also on social media – we recommend the hashtags #zawszepodręką #dlamniedlaciebie #rozowaskrzyneczkaUW oraz #athand #4me4you #pinkboxUW
The Pink Box is a social campaign – it is based on mutual support.
We encourage:
- to use when you need to
- and share personal hygiene products when you have the opportunity, adding them to the boxes.
Where can you find the Pink Boxes?
Currently, there are 86 Pink Boxes at the University of Warsaw and more are coming!
You can find them here:
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- American Studies Center – Niepodległości 22
- Auditorium Maximum – Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
- Centre for Europe – Niepodległości 22
- Center for European Regional and Local Studies (EUROREG) – Krakowskie Przedmieście 30
- College of Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (MISH) – Prosta 69
- Digital Competence Center of the University of Warsaw – Smyczkowa 14
- Faculty of Archeology – Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
- Faculty of Biology – building A, Miecznikowa 1
- Faculty of Culture and Arts – Department of History Music, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 32; Institute for Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Żurawia 4
- Faculty of Economic Sciences – Długa 44/50
- Faculty of Education – Mokotowska 16/20
- Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies – Krakowskie Przedmieście 30
- Faculty of History – Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
- Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies – Bednarska 2/4
- Faculty of Law and Administration – Collegium Iuridicum I, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28; Collegium Iuridicum II, Lipowa 4; Collegium Iuridicum III, Oboźna 6
- Faculty of Management – Szturmowa 1/3
- Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics – Banacha 2
- Faculty of Medicine – Żwirki i Wigury 101
- Faculty of Oriental Studies – Tyniecka 15/17
- Faculty of Philosophy – Krakowskie Przedmieście 3
- Faculty of Physics – Centre of New Technologies, ul. Banacha 2a
- Faculty of Polish studies – Faculty building, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28; Institute of Polish Culture, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, The Institute of Classical Studies, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 1; Merchands building, ul. Oboźna 8
- Faculty of Political Science and International Studies – Faculty building, Nowy Świat 67; Auditorium building, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
- Faculty of Psychology – Stawki 5/7
- Faculty of Sociology – Karowa 18
- Institute of Applied Social Sciences – Nowy Świat 69
- Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialization – Podchorążych 20
- Korean Studies Department – Hoża 69
- Migration Research Center – Pasteura 7
- Old University Library (BUW) – Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
- Sports and Recreation Center of the University of Warsaw – Banacha 2a; Dobra 56/66
- University Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development (UCBS) – Żwirki i Wigury 93
- University Library (BUW) – Dobra 56/66
- UW Student Union buildings and student dormitories – Student Residence No. 1, Żwirki i Wigury 97/99; Student Residence No. 2, Żwirki i Wigury 95/97; Student Residence No. 3, Kickiego 9; Student Residence No. 4, Zamenhofa 10A; Student Residence No. 5., Smyczkowa 5/7; Student Residence No. 6, Radomska 11
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Would you like to join the Pink Box campaign?
Write: rownouprawnienie@uw.edu.pl