Known as “period poverty”, the issue is defined by a lack of access to menstrual products, whether because they are hard to find in neighborhood stores or are prohibitively expensive — or both.

One of these critical issues is period poverty—a silent epidemic affecting millions of girls and women around the world. In every corner of the globe, from bustling cities to rural villages ...

An Australian charity wants to change the lives of girls living in rural Cambodia by providing access to menstrual education ...

Saturday, October 8th is Period Action Day – a day dedicated to raising awareness to period poverty that persists worldwide and taking action. A quarter of people in the U.S. who need menstrual ...

While period poverty in our world of manicured lawns may appear to be a non-issue and treated as such by the institution, at least one in 10 college women resort to substitute pads folded from toilet ...

When Sabrina Natasha Browne runs out of menstrual hygiene products, she, like a lot of people, goes to CVS and pays the $12 to $15 it may cost to replenish her supply. Up until four years ago, she ...

To what extent, even today in 2024, is one of the meaningful, substantive challenges to make real progress around period poverty, that it's just not, quote, comfortable for people ...

Claire Hunt, founder of Positive Period, hates the term period poverty. “The women that it truly affects get lost in that,” she says. “Period poverty is, in fact, a facet of poverty and that ...

On top of all that, some students also face "period poverty" – a lack of access to menstrual products and education about their monthly cycles. "Schools must focus on destigmatizing periods by ...

Giving Hope & Help founder Jessica L. McClellan, center, poses with scholarship recipients Riyan Jones, Anteria Pratt Taylor, Sydne Sylvan and Kaicey McKenzie Divya Gupta The Star Nicole Springer ...

Menstrual injustice, also known as Period Poverty, has been an issue for menstruating individuals for years. Dr. George Stanley, an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and practicing ...

State representatives from across metro Atlanta announced the start of Period Poverty Awareness Week which started on Monday. Rhonda Burnough (D-Riverdale), Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain), and Kim ...