Across the globe, 1.8 billion individuals experience the biological process of menstruation.[1] When menstruating individuals do not have “access to sanitary products, menstrual hygiene education, toilets, hand washing facilities, [or] waste management,” they experience period poverty, rather than a dignified biological process.[2] Menstrual hygiene—or the lack thereof—impacts individuals’ dignity and […]
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