SPAIN’S Catalonia region has rolled out a pioneering women’s health initiative this week, offering reusable period products free of charge.

About 2.5 million women, girls, transgender and non-binary people who menstruate can receive one menstrual cup, one pair of underwear for periods and two packages of cloth pads free of charge at local pharmacies in the north-eastern region.

The Catalan government said that the My Period, My Rules initiative was intended to “guarantee the right to menstrual equity.”