Browsing: period poverty

Menstrual hygiene issues pose a substantial obstacle to school attendance and success for girls in low-income countries, leading to infections…

Women and girls around the world suffer from period poverty, often facing difficulties affording costly disposable pads each month. Switching…

Over her lifetime, women tend to deposit around 250 to 300 pounds of pads and tampons into landfills containing plastic…

After the 1980 TSS scare, the FDA began mandating that tampons be free from certain chemicals; however, even organic or…