July 2024「Hactl X Free Periods Hong Kong - Be My Buddy Buddy」Exhibition

Do your adolescent children have many questions about menstruation? As parents, you might have questions, too. How can they learn about menstrual knowledge together? 

The 【Hactl X Free Periods Hong Kong - Be My Buddy】 exhibition, fully sponsored by the Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. (Hactl), co-organized by Free Periods HK and The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong (FPAHK), was successfully held from July 13th to 27th, 2024, at the Association’s Activity & Resource Centre (ARC). The exhibition showcased a variety of menstrual products and related items. During the event, parent-child workshops focusing on menstruation and navigating adolescence were also conducted. These workshops provided a fun and interactive way for parents and children to learn about adolescent development, while also helping children foster a positive attitude towards the natural process of bodily changes.

Highlights of the workshops included:

1️⃣ 【Parent-Child Workshop: Menstrual Education Starts with Making a Bracelet】

Using the creation of menstrual bracelets as a medium, the workshop allowed parents and children to learn about menstruation together, dispel common myths, and build an open-minded attitude towards sexuality.

2️⃣ 【Parent-Child Detective Team —  Little Detectives 2.0】

Parents and children teamed up as detectives, overcoming challenges together and searching for essential sexual knowledge through games!

The exhibition attracted over 200 visitors, and over 40 pairs of parent and children attended the workshops. They expressed that the event helped dispel common misconceptions about menstruation and raised their awareness of global issues such as period poverty and menstrual inequality.