Period poverty
Period poverty affects women, girls and people who menstruate all over the world. Find out more about period poverty, how ActionAid is working to end menstrual poverty and how you can help.
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Esnart, Sylvia and Vast have been supported by an ActionAid programme to help end period poverty. Photo: Samantha Reinders/ActionAid
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Netflix's 'Period. End of Sentence.' highlights the period shaming that affects women and girls in India. Photo: Netflix
Why Netflix’s ‘Period. End of Sentence.’ should be on your watch list
Netflix's new documentary 'Period. End of Sentence.' is up for an Oscar; here's why it is essential viewing that proves the transformative power of ending period shame.
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Girls like 14-year-old Geeta in Nepal face being banished from home every month when they have their period - an extreme form of period shaming. Photo: Poulomi Basu/ActionAid
Why stigma makes periods even more painful
Period stigma and shame can be found everywhere but an extreme form of period shaming called Chhaupadi is stilkl practiced in parts of Nepal.
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Geeta, 14, was banished for 21 days when she first started her period. Photo: Poulomi Basu/ActionAid
Chhaupadi and menstruation taboos
Find out about chhaupadi in Nepal, period huts, period shaming, menstruation taboos and how they affect young girls.
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Presenter Lauren Layfield tells us why talking about periods is so important. Photo: ActionAid
Lauren Layfield: "Why I talk openly about my period"
TV presenter Lauren Layfield wants to normalise the way we talk about periods. So to celebrate Menstrual Hygiene Day, she discusses the impact of period taboos, and why we should all start talking openly about our periods.
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