Ain.Clarisse Agbégnénou, champion of judo and ambassador of menstrual panties made in Bourg-en-Bresse

Judokate Clarisse Agbégnénou several times world champion, European and silver medalist with the last Olympics has decided to associate her name with the brand "Réjeanne", which markets menstrual pants.Part of these underwear is made in Bourg-en-Bresse, in the Ain.

Clarisse Agbégnénou several times world champion, European and silver medalist with the last Olympic Games, decided to associate her name with a brand of pre-menstrual panties.The purpose of this choice is to contribute to exceeding certain unsaids around the rules, in particular concerning sports.

In white kimono, it's complicated

"Me who does judo in white kimono, it's complicated.Many times, between training, I had to go to the toilet to change everything....All women need it and in sport we have a lot of difficulties.Now that I use them, for me it's a revolution, it's a breath! "Designed with amazing properties of absorption This lingerie meets little by little its followers.Lycra, lace… Everything is made by hand seamstresses and the brand Réjanne came to seek the mastery of 7Fashion, a textile company Aindinoise.As a guarantee of quality, the brand has just obtained the certification "Origin France guaranteed".Between 1000 and 1,500 menstrual panties come out every week from this Bourg-en-Bresse workshop.

11,000 disposable hygienic protections in a woman's life

The reusable hygienic protections are a turning point in the daily life of women, more and more numerous to be interested in it.

Several specialized websites offer comparisons between brands and models like my menstruals.com.According to her editors "a woman spent over her lifetime more than € 23,500 to buy the 11,000 disposable hygienic protections (towels or stamps) that she needs."".This figure comes from a British study conducted in 2015 with 2,134 women aged 18 to 45.

Beyond the ecological argument, the choice of menstrual panties can also be economical since a model costs between 30 and 50 euros and its lifespan is guaranteed for hundreds of washes according to manufacturers.

The question of menstrual precariousness

According to a survey carried out by the Ifop, 8% of the women questioned declare to give up changing periodic protections as much as it should be for lack of means."However, these are basic necessities.Products including the 4.7 million women in our country living below the poverty line are likely to deprive themselves.To remedy this, many use makeshift protections: socks, sponges, hygienic paper, cotton, etc.. Autant de solutions inadaptées qui peuvent leur faire courir des risques graves sur leur santé""peut-on lire sur le site du ministère en charge de l'égalité entre les femmes et les hommes.

Free distributions in universities

Particularly vulnerable, especially since the start of the health crisis, students have welcomed the installation of free periodic protection distributors at the start of the next school year in universities.Frédérique Vidal, the Minister of Higher Education and Research aims at the figure of 1,500 distributors in September 2021.

Solidarity, economy, environment, the question of hygienic towels or other menstrual panties is at the crossroads of many issues as pointed out several solidarity associations for years.The rules of women, culturally in Europe constitute a taboo and an invisible reality now more accepted and taken into account in the debate.