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Globally to Locally, Period Poverty Affects Millions. American University, School of International Service News, Nicole Hassenstab, March 2023
“It’s a dignity issue”: Inside the movement tackling period poverty in the U.S. The Boston Globe, Allison Torres Burtka, August 2023
Tackling “Period Poverty,” Scotland is 1st Nation to Make Sanitary Products Free.
New York Times, Megan Specia, November, 2020
Mitigating the Impacts of COVID 19 on menstrual health and hygiene.
Unicef Briefing, April, 2020
We need free period products in schools - it’s a human right.
www.theguardian.com
Menstruating Girls Stopped from Going to School.
The Logical Indian, November 28, 2018
Tackling Menstrual Hygiene Among Adolescents in India.
News Deeply, Bhavya Dore, November 15, 2018
Malawi: Ministry of Education Hails Health Advocates for Menstrual Hygiene Management.
allafrica.com, Memory Kutengule, November 7, 2018
That Time of the Month Just Got a Bit Easier,
Skidmore News, Barbara Kasomenakis, November 7, 2018
How an Australian Woman is Ending ‘Period Shaming’.
honey.nine.com, Bianka Farmakis, November, 2018
Violent Protesters Bully Menstruating Women Away from Hindu Temple.
Global Citizen.org, Jerica Deck, October, 2018
Nepalese women address horror of being banished to outside huts during period.
Independent News, Maya Oppenheim, July 2018
Women who suffer period poverty more likely to suffer anxiety or depression.
Independent News, Emma Elsworthy, July 2018
Break the Cycle: Meet the People who are Fighting to End Period Poverty.
Allure Magazine, Loren Savini, June, 2018
Are We Finally Getting Over the Belief that Periods are Embarrassing?
The Nation, Katha Pollitt, June, 2018
Talking About Periods in Public
NPR, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, author of Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equity and others, March, 2018
She had no sanitary pads. No one knew and no one helped
CNN.com, Judith Vonberg, 2018
We Found Out How The Creator Of Economic Pads, Suhani Jalota, Is Also Inventing Freedom For Many
IndiaWomenBlog.org, Lavanya Bahuguna, December, 2017
Real Misconceptions that Men have had about Menstruation.
Healthway, Brooke Geller. November, 2017
Life stands still for many women and girls in India during their period.
CNN, Angela Dawn, May 28, 2017
Menstruation Can Hinder Girls’ Education but it’s More Complicated.
humanosphere.org, Imana Gunawan, January 25, 2017
Meghan Markle: How Periods Affect Potential. (Read about what the latest member of the royal family has to say about the difficulties girls are facing in India and around the world.)
Time Magazine, 2017
The Fight to End Period Shaming is Going Mainstream.
Newsweek Magazine, Abigail Jones, April 20, 2016
Menstruation is a global health problem - and we need to talk about it.
TheConversation.com, August 13, 2015
SNV launched the five-country Girls in Control menstrual hygiene pilot program in January 2014, building on insights and experience gained from implementing school-based water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs in 14 countries. This report presents the findings of baseline studies on the menstrual hygiene management of schoolgirls, conducted in the five project countries: Ethiopia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.