She knocked on all doors, sent many letters at all levels, from Brigitte Macron to her town hall, from the Minister of Health to the regional prefecture.
Not much progress.
“I come up against walls,” she laments.
But it takes more to discourage Barbara Caillibotte.
This mother of a student, representative at the Saint-Charles school, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, is fighting to lift the taboo on the menstruation of little girls from 9-10 years old and the necessary care.
"It's not just in colleges and high schools that you have to worry about it, considers this mother.
The little girls are trained at an increasingly young age and are totally destitute.
“She knows it all the more that her daughter is concerned.
His gynecologist, who officiates at the Necker hospital, confirmed it to him: this phenomenon is on the rise, in particular because of the impact of endocrine disruptors.
“I fight for all the little girls in France, she warns.
There is an increasing demand.
Nobody talks about it.
It's taboo.
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“There are no school nurses in schools”
She saw it well, if only with certain mothers during school outings: “I accompany the children to the swimming pool, certain parents do not want to hear about it.
And yet, from the age of 9-10, little girls can experience their first period.
“There are no school nurses in the schools.
The toilets are shared and there is no trash can.
Little girls can't carry their towel around the yard or ask their master.
It's delicate.
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And to also demand prevention, information like “we do for harassment, screens, etc.
“In some homes, we don't talk about these things.
It's a shock for these little girls who find themselves trapped in the body of a 13-14 year old girl, ”adds Barbara Caillibotte.
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And to claim as in colleges and high schools, first of all trash cans in the toilets, distributors of periodic protection but also speakers to discuss the subject: “I am not asking for the moon.
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Asked, the City of Paris recalls having equipped the 114 public colleges of the capital with distributors.
A first assessment will be carried out at the end of the first half of 2022. situations on a case-by-case basis if you need special support, ”we warn in town hall.
The City of Paris even says it is ready to “provide answers” to this mother, adding that “menstrual precariousness is a particularly important subject for us and all our district town halls”.
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