Did you know that many girls and women struggle every month during their periods?
All those who menstruate, wherever they live, experience challenges when managing their period. These might include a lack of products, toilets or disposal facilities, enduring pain, being bullied or being restricted from activities and locations. In high-income countries, these challenges are often referred to as “period poverty” and in low-middle-income countries as “poor menstrual hygiene management”. But the result is the same: a large proportion of the global population is disadvantaged by having a period.
Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products, menstrual hygiene education, toilets, handwashing facilities, or waste management.
Around the world, women who menstruate may be ostracised from basic activities, like eating certain foods or socializing. The cultural shame attached to menstruation, and a shortage of resources, can stop women from going to school and working every day. The World Bank estimates that 500 million women[1] and girls globally lack access to adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene management.
[1] Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/international-womens-day-period-poverty-financial-burden-how-retailers-can-help/
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