We have Plan International UK, a global children's nonprofit, and the U.K.'s NHS Blood and Transplant organization to thank for the blood emoji. Plan UK had previously attempted to submit a period ...

A tiny droplet of blood is among the new crop of emoji unveiled by Unicode, the de facto Merriam-Webster of tiny cartoon illustrations. This tiny drop of blood will surely be useful when ...

The nonprofit group Plan International UK has been lobbying for an emoji to represent menstruation since 2017. And now they have one — although not everyone is a fan of the design.

The very detailed Drop of Blood Emoji comes after a campaign led by Plan International UK saw more than 55,000 people calling for a period emoji to be added to the global emoji keyboard.

New Non-Binary Emoji and Dozens of Others Are Now Available on Apple Devices Users will have to update their Apple devices to the latest software in order to access the new emoji By ...

The syringe emoji dates to 1999 and had been used mainly to illustrate blood donations in Japan. The emoji was often used in discussions around blood donations and even tattooing, Mr. Broni said.

The period emoji - a drop of blood - will be distributed across mobile devices in March, along with 58 other new symbols LONDON, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women and girls will be able ...