Two Geneva communes are to provide free female sanitary products in public buildings and elementary schools.
Grand Saconnex and Meyrin say the move will help young girls access what they need and help remove the taboo surrounding menstruation.
But the communes can only help the very young as secondary schools are run by the canton – and there are no plans yet to extend the scheme canton wide.
Backers say they hope the move will pressure Geneva to do the same.
Heavy snow causes chaos
Heavy snowfall across central parts of the country brought chaos, cancelled trains, blocked roads and children building snowmen on the autoroute.
Geneva car tax issue dominates Grand Council
Although it wasn’t on the agenda for last night’s meeting of the Geneva Grand Council, the issue of the new vehicle tax dominated proceedings.
Franc strongest against euro
It’s good news for cross border shopping and frontaliers – the franc has reached its highest level against the Euro.
SRG/SSR faces massive cuts
Are the days numbered for public service broadcasting?
People now back nuclear power
A new survey suggests public opinion towards nuclear power has changed dramatically.
4m e-vignettes sold
Four million people last year chose to forgo the sticky mess of a vignette on their car and bought an electronic one instead.
