#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.