In the 21st century, period poverty is still rife throughout the world. Period poverty is defined as a lack of access to sanitary products as well as sanitary facilities, including safe toilets, water and handwashing facilities. In addition, it encompasses a general deficit in menstrual education and an enduring social stigma attached to periods. Period…
There are many great books authored on women’s rights, female oppression and equality. The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women’s Rights by Minky Warden, The Future of Feminism by Sylvia Walby, Modern Women in China and Japan: Gender, Feminism and Global Modernity Between the Wars by Katrina Gulliver, and Gender, Agency and…
Period poverty is a global issue where financial constraints prevent girls and women of any age from accessing sanitary products for their periods. Without access to sanitary products, girls and women are forced to improvise or not use any sanitary products at all. Rags, toilet roll, paper towels or torn clothes could all be used…