TamBi
Our goal is to make menstrual products accessible to everyone. In our opinion, these should be available free of charge in at least one toilet room per university building, just like toilet paper.
Our Motivation
Menstruation is expensive and fraught with shame. Without access to products such as tampons, pads or similar, it is impossible for many students to attend classes or participate in social life. This is a significant disadvantage for about half of all students. In 2019, 87.6% of the 1,160 female students questioned in an AStA survey stated that they needed appropriate hygiene products.
Therefore, the AStA of the h_da demands that menstrual products are provided free of charge by the university.
About the Pilot Project
The project was given the name "TamBi", which is made up of the German terms Tam = Tampons and Bi = Binde (in eng. Pads). The products provided are exclusively organic.
We will collect data and facts on the use of our TamBi vending machines until the end of the summer semester 2023. We will then present these to the Presidential Board in order to be able to offer free menstrual products in the long term.
Where are the TamBi Vending Machines located?
Descriptions of the locations of the vending machines
- High-rise building C10, female toilet on the ground floor, opposite the student café "Glaskasten"
- Faculty of Social Work E10, female toilet on the 1st floor, above the library
- Faculty of Design E31, female toilet in the basement
- Faculty of Social Studies A10, female toilet on the ground floor, opposite the study rooms
- Campus Dieburg F15, female toilet on the ground floor, opposite the student café "Zeitraum"
- Canteen C11, female toilet on the ground floor
- Library D10, female toilet on the ground floor
- Faculty of Architecture B10, female toilet on the ground floor
- Faculty of Computer Science D14, female toilet on the ground floor
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology B15, female toilet on the ground floor
- Campus restaurant Schöffers C23, female toilet in the basement
- Campus Dieburg F17, female toilet on the ground floor
- Faculty of Social Studies A12, female toilet on the ground floor
We are currently working on the installation of further vending machines at various locations.
Do you have feedback on the TamBi Project?
You are welcome to send us your feedback by e-mail to feedback@asta-hda.de!