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RECENT PRESS RELEASES

Here you’ll find the latest press releases and statements from Wen.

WHY WE URGENTLY NEED A MENSTRUAL ACT

22nd October 2024 PRESS RELEASE Urgent call for a Menstrual Health, Dignity, and Sustainability Act backed by 35 experts and organisations With 42 per-cent of girls in the UK struggling to afford period products*, menstrual products generating 28,114 tonnes…

Wen Statement – against the far-right violence and terror marches in UK

Wen’s Statement – against the far-right violence and terror marches in UK

Read Wen’s Statement against the far-right violence and terror marches in the UK …

TOXIC METALS IN TAMPONS MEDIA STATEMENT

8 July 2024 Wen response to lead and toxic metals found in tampons. In response to new research finding toxic metals including lead, arsenic, and cadmium in tampons purchased in the UK, Wen (the Women’s Environmental Network) is calling…

CLIMATE SISTERS EXHIBITION CELEBRATES WOMEN’S VOICES IN THE CLIMATE CONVERSATION

PRESS RELEASE 26 JUNE 2024 Wen’s London Climate Sisters exhibition at the Barbican celebrates women’s voices in the climate conversation A group of women known as the London Climate Sisters are holding an exhibition showcase of art installations,…

WEN CALLS FOR TOXIC-FREE CONTINENCE PRODUCTS AS IT LAUNCHES NEW GUIDE FOR WORLD CONTINENCE WEEK

PRESS RELEASE 13 JUNE 2024 Wen calls for toxic-free continence products as it launches new guide for World Continence Week Wen (The Women’s Environmental Network) is calling for the effective regulation of toxic-free continence products this World…

OPEN LETTER TO QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Letter to Queen Mary University of London in response to the cancellation of the Festival of Communities, due to take place on the 8th June 2004, due to concerns that a pro-Palestinian rally might take place.…

CALLING FOR A TOXIC FREE FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN

Calling for a toxic free future for our children – Green Baby Day 12 June 2024 Wen, the Women’s Environmental Network, is calling for a sustainable and toxic free future for babies and children on Green Baby Day, 12…

PLANET VS PLASTICS – CELEBRATING REUSABLE NAPPIES THIS EARTH DAY

Planet Vs Plastics – Celebrating Reusable Nappies this Earth Day Earth Day and Reusable Nappy Week fall on the 22nd of April and with this year’s themes of ‘Planet Vs Plastics’ and ‘One Change Big Difference’ the message is…