#5SmartReads - May 27, 2021
‘It cannot be this way’: What is period poverty and how to solve it (The 19th*)
“Around 2 in 5 people who menstruate struggle to purchase period products due to a lack of income, according to Alliance for Period Supplies. Additionally, 1 in 5 low-income menstruators report missing work, school or similar commitments due to a lack of access to menstrual products.”
This is in the United States. And like so many things, the pandemic made it worse.
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