The emoji of menstruation comes on WhatsApp

It's official: starting in March, WhatsApp will incorporate a new emoji in the form of a drop of blood that will symbolize menstruation.

Its implementation will be possible thanks to the initiative of the International NGO Planwhose main objective is to "break with the prejudice that there are menstrual periods in many countries of the world ".

Emilia Sánchez, director of advocacy at the institution, said: "Emoji are today our universal language and, as such, it makes sense to use them so that the" rule "ceases to be the taboo that always remains the whole world, although 800 million women and girls have it right now"

In 2017, the Australian NGO asked Facebook to choose the best design that represented menstruation. On this occasion, the most voted was a female lingerie stained with a drop of blood. However, the proposal was rejected by Unicode, the cabinet responsible for auditing and coding the characters of the emojis catalog, also called emojipedia.

Finally, the new proposal, chosen by more than 55 thousand people got Unicode approval. Thus, the symbol of menstruation can be used in various social networks and applications around the world. from March.

The drop of blood will be part of a package of 230 new icons, which will include performances of hearing-impaired, prosthetic, visually impaired or wheelchair users.