Wen (Women's Environmental Network)

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WHAT WE LEARNED FROM FIVE YEARS OF BUILDING A JUST FOOD AND CLIMATE FUTURE IN TOWER HAMLETS Tower Hamlets is modelling a just food future. Wen’s new Learning Reports share key insights and recommendations from five years of the pioneering Just FACT programme.

🎉 Celebrating 5 years of community-led food & #climatejustice in #TowerHamlets!

Check out our new Learning Reports for practical insights on community food systems, local growing, circular waste & resident leadership.

🔗 Read our blog with links to the reports: www.wen.org.uk/2025/12/03/f...

HOW CLIMATE SISTERS IS CHANGING WHO GETS A SEAT AT THE CLIMATE TABLE Learn how Climate Sisters is expanding across the UK, reshaping who gets a seat at the climate table and centering racialised and marginalised women in climate leadership.

Beyond #COP30, the message is clear: there is no #climatejustice without gender and racial justice.

🔗 Read more: How Climate Sisters is changing who gets a seat at the climate table.
www.wen.org.uk/2025/11/18/h...

COP30: A TURNING POINT FOR CLIMATE AND GENDER JUSTICE? As COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil, the need for bold, intersectional feminist climate action has never been more urgent.

🌍 #COP30: A turning point for climate & gender justice?
Women, particularly racialised & marginalised women are on the frontlines of climate & environmental injustice.Yet their leadership, knowledge & solutions are often overlooked in decision-making spaces like COP.
www.wen.org.uk/2025/11/10/c...

78,000 VOICES FOR TOXIC-FREE PERIODS DELIVERED TO DOWNING STREET On Wednesday 5 November, Wen delivered the #ToxicFreePeriods petition to 10 Downing Street and to DEFRA, representing more than 78,000 voices calling for safer, non-toxic period products.

Yesterday, 5th Nov, we delivered 78,000 voices to Downing Street!

Our #ToxicFreePeriods petition calls for regulation to make period products safe and free from toxic chemicals.

Thank you to everyone who stood with us 💪
www.wen.org.uk/2025/11/06/t...

#ToxicFreePeriodsPetition#PeriodEquity

Downing street front door with the petition box which says: 70k plus people want safe period products now! - we're taking your oices to Downing Street this Wednesday 5th November.

Tomorrow, 5th Nov, we’re taking your voices to Downing Street.
78,000 people have joined the call for #ToxicFreePeriods - demanding regulation to make sure period products are free from toxic chemicals. Add your name before the hand-in 👉 action.eko.org/a/toxic-peri...

#ToxicFreePeriodsPetition

We're really grateful for your support. We are heading to Downing Street tomorrow, to deliver 78k signatures calling for #ToxicFreePeriods 🩸

Together, we’re building a future where everyone can choose safe, sustainable period products - free from toxic chemicals.
#ToxicFreePeriods #EnvironmenstrualWeek

🗣️ Powerful discussions, media coverage, and thousands joining the call to end toxic chemicals in period care for good.
We’ve reached a tipping point - and this is just the beginning.

🤝 Amazing support from our partners Natracare, WUKA, GraceAndGreen, Mooncup, CheekyWipes, TOTM, and more - united for safe, transparent period products.

📜 We handed in our #ToxicFreePeriods petition to DEFRA — backed by over 75,000 signatures demanding regulation.

🏛️ Our House of Lords event with Baroness Natalie Bennett put period product safety firmly on the government’s agenda.

What a week! #EnvironmenstrualWeek 2025 has been one to remember.
From powerful conversations in Parliament to 75,000+ voices calling for #ToxicFreePeriods, this week has shown what happens when we come together for menstrual health, dignity and sustainability.
Some Highlights...

What a day in Parliament. Wen took our call for toxic free period products to the House of Lords and Defra, handing in our petition with 76,000 signatures. Real momentum for change – let’s make every period product safe. Read more & sign: www.wen.org.uk/2025/...
#ToxicFreePeriods

Toxic chemicals shouldn’t be in our period products. Until we have regulation and transparency, here’s how to protect yourself and make the switch: www.wen.org.uk/2008/... #ToxicFreePeriods #EnvironmenstrualWeek

We’re at a toxic tipping point: the UK must regulate period products now This post is by Helen Lynn, senior consultant and health advisor, Wen (Women’s Environmental Network).

Independent studies stretching back over 20 yrs have detected toxic chemicals and heavy metals in period products used by millions monthly. What will it take to secure proper regulation?

@wildcardenviro.bsky.social from
@wen-uk.bsky.social on the public health issue for #EnviromenstrualWeek:

Outside DEFRA

What a day! Today we took our call for #ToxicFreePeriods to Parliament.

Starting with our House of Lords event with @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social, experts, campaigners & producers - we then went to DEFRA - with our call to make all period products safe. #ToxicTippingPoint #EnvironmenstrualWeek

Toxic Free Periods Petition Join 30,000+ people who have signed the #ToxicFreePeriodsPetition to get toxic chemicals out of period products.

With over 75,000 signatures, we’ve shown that the public demands change.
Now it’s over to the government to act.
Find out more and add your voice:

Today, we delivered the #ToxicFreePeriodsPetition to DEFRA, urging the UK government to regulate toxic chemicals in period products.
It’s time for stronger regulation and a commitment to protect the health of women, girls and everyone who menstruates.

This week I will be hosting a meeting with the Women’s Environmental Network to push for regulation of period products.

Because no one should be exposed to toxic chemicals every month just for having a period.

#PeriodJustice #SafeProducts | @wen-uk.bsky.social

Panelists include Susie Hewson MBE (Founder, Natracare), Dr Karen Joash (Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology), Kathrin Schilling (Assistant Professor), and Josie Cohen (Pesticide Action Network UK), chaired by Helen Lynn from Wen - #EnvironmenstrualWeek #ToxicFreePeriods

Today, we’re in Parliament. Our event at the House of Lords, with Baroness Natalie Bennett, asks the question: Have we reached the tipping point for toxic period products?
With our expert panel we’ll explore the evidence and call for urgent regulation to make all period products safe.

6/ Join us and over 33,500 people demanding regulation before we take our petition to Westminster this week.
Sign here wen.org.uk/toxicfree... #EnvironmenstrualWeek

5/ Now, the evidence is undeniable.We’ve reached the #ToxicTippingPoint.

4/ In 2018 we launched the @Environmenstrual Coalition — bringing brands, educators and activists together for #ToxicFreePeriods.

3/ We helped end chlorine bleaching in pads, fought pesticide pollution, and lobbied for stronger chemicals regulation.

2/ In 1989, we exposed hidden chemicals in pads and tampons with The Sanitary Protection Scandal.

1/6 Wen has been leading the fight for safe, sustainable, and toxic-free period products for 35 years.

Countdown to Westminster! Tomorrow, Wen takes our campaign to get toxic chemicals out of period products to Parliament. Our event at the House of Lords will put period product safety firmly on the government’s agenda. There’s still time to sign the petition: wen.org.uk/toxicfree...

YouTube video by Wen. Environmenstrual Week - Toxic Tipping Point Campaign October 2025

Marie Morice, Wen's Feminist Toxic Free Futures Policy Campaigner, kicked off #EnvironmenstrualWeek and the Toxic Tipping Point Campaign. youtu.be/s1NJ7sxDzGA