As part of iOS 13.2, users can see the new emoji on an iPhone or any other compatible device.. An organization that "advances children's rights and equality for girls," Plan International UK ...

The emoji is being introduced thanks to U.K.-based Plan International, a girls' rights group, that launched a social media campaign to call for the special emoji to help curb the shame and stigma ...

If Plan International has its way, though, a period emoji could be in the works. The girls-focused nonprofit has recently launched a campaign asking the Unicode Consortium to add a menstruation ...

Emoji has become a universal language of its own, but up until now there wasn’t one for people to say “I’m on my period” — and that’s more important than you might think.. This bloody ...

Lucy Russell, Head of Girls' Rights & Youth at Plan International UK, says the period emoji, "which can express what 800 million women around the world are experiencing every month, is a huge step ...

A period emoji would be so convenient and turns out, we’re finally getting one. Unicode , the entity that designs the emojis, confirmed that a “drop of blood” would be included in the Emoji ...

In fact, Plan International UK's research this year found that half of British women age 18 to 34 surveyed said a period emoji would make it easier for them to talk about their periods with friends.

Emojis may have started out as the language of teenagers and Tinder dates, but these days, everyone and their technologically-challenged grandmother uses them. As they’ve grown in popularity ...

While Plan International doesn’t claim an emoji could solve all these issues - after all, some of the world’s poorest women and girls have no access to cell phones, though globally more people ...

Power to the period — I’m totally obsessed with this new emoji! Turns out, this idea isn’t new. In 2017, the British non-profit Plan International UK launched a campaign to try to make the ...

Apple has added nearly 400 new emojis as part of its latest iOS update, including gender-neutral people and a drop of blood to represent menstruation.