Period Poverty
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Morrisons launches 'buy one to give one' sanitary product scheme to help fight period poverty
For every Morrisons' own brand or Bodyform sanitary product bought, the supermarket will donate one to a local food bank.
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Women are spending £5,000 on period products in their lifetime
The average woman spends around £10.24 on period products every month.
- LifestyleYahoo Life UK
The great period taboo: Why can't we talk about them?
It’s something that happens to 50% of the population, so why are they such a taboo subject?
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Period poverty tackled with free sanitary products for primary school girls
"Access to menstrual products for all children in compulsory education will mean that every child can have access to the products they need."
- HealthThe Independent
Period poverty has caused more than quarter of women to miss work or school, poll finds
More than a quarter of women have been forced to miss work or school because they cannot afford period products, a new poll has found. In total, 27 per cent had been forced to miss school or work – a figure far higher than the one in 10 previously thought affected by the problem of period poverty. Sanitary products are classed as a “luxury, non-essential item” in the UK and subject to a 5 per cent tax.
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Props to Brighton for becoming first Premier League football club to offer free sanitary products
The campaign 'On the Ball' was set up by three female football fans to fight period poverty
