Period Poverty
Period poverty is defined as the inability to manage menstruation hygienically and with dignity. Many girls still rely on cloth rags or tissues or depend on transactional sex or partners to obtain sanitary pads. Being unable to afford sani…
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Period poverty is defined as the inability to manage menstruation hygienically and with dignity. Many girls still rely on cloth rags or tissues or depend on transactional sex or partners to obtain sanitary pads. Being unable to afford sanitary pads intensified shame around menstruation. Some girls lacked even the undergarments needed to use sanitary pads, showing severe material deprivation.