Period poverty

We asked whether you’d give a tampon or a pad to someone—anyone—who needed one… even if it was a total stranger in the loo. The results were definitive: our bonds of solidarity haven’t been broken by the pandemic.

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Scotland has made history by becoming the first country in the world to make period products free for all. So what’s next in the fight against period poverty?

Katy Chadwick from ActionAid UK and Ruby Bayley-Pratt from Bloody Good Period discuss the reality of periods, periods in a pandemic, and the need to go beyond ending period poverty and towards menstrual equity.

Please donate to help end period poverty around the world, and share a better period with those in need. This Menstrual Hygiene Day, share a better period.

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