BARCELONA, Spain: Spain's Catalonia region rolled out this week a pioneering women's health initiative that offers reusable menstruation products for free.

About 2.5 million women, girls, transgender and nonbinary people who menstruate can receive one menstrual cup, a pair of underwear for periods and two packages of cloth pads at pharmacies in northeastern Spain free of charge.

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