For the International Women's Day, the Amicale in partnership with the French NGO Règles élémentaires, is organising a collection campaign for period products to be distributed to homeless women and women in need.

When ? : From Monday 4 March to Wednesday 13 March

How ?/ Where ? :

Four donation boxes will be proposed to gather your donations (tampons, pads, panty liners, cups) in the Council’s buildings :

• Palais de l’Europe (corridor to the restaurant, next to Dispatching Centre),
• Agora (next to the cafeteria),
• Palais des Droits de l’Homme (zone 20 RC),
• EDQM (next to the cafeteria).

For the other buildings, your donation can be given to the following colleagues:

• D Building (Carole Spiegel :  Carole.SPIEGEL@coe.int),
• Youth Centre (Joanna Wyartt Jesser : Joanna.WYARTT-JESSER@coe.int),
• Observatory (Alison Hindhaugh : Alison.HINDHAUGH@coe.int).

The collected products will be inventoried and given to local NGOs with field presence,  in charge of the distribution to women in need ; Strasbourg Action Solidarité and Foyer Notre Dame.

Complementary information:

• A parallel collection campaign / educational  action will also be proposed at the Lycée international des Pontonniers.
• A screening of the movie "Licht" will be organised by Human Resources, the Gender Equality Division and Eurimages
  • Friday 8 March 2019
  • 12.05 pm
  • Duration: 97min
  • Projection room, Palais de l'Europe
  • A special collection will be made at this event (screening only for Staff members of the Council of Europe and PR)

For more information:

• Association Règles élémentaires : First French NGO specialised in collection of sanitary products for women in need, created in November 2015.
  • Impact (in French) : https://www.regleselementaires.com/impact  
  • Interview of Tara Heuzé (funder of the association) – Brut (in French)
• Contact : Sophie Lobey (DC), sophie.lobey@coe.int / 03 88 41 22 63