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Religious taboos and social stigma concerning menstruation contribute to a lack of access to school for girls in Ghana. In rural areas of the country 95% of girls have reported missing school during their periods. The World Bank estimates that 11.5 million women in Ghana do not have access to adequate hygiene and sanitation. [66]
Pink tax or tampon tax contributes to period poverty, affecting 500 million worldwide. 1 in 5 American girls miss school due to period poverty. End it.
Period poverty is an intersectional issue and unhoused women experiencing it have trouble accessing menstrual products due to economic constraints. Single women makeup a quarter of those experiencing homelessness in the UK; in the USA, it is a similar percentage as women account for 28% of the homeless population. [ 21 ]
In Yap (part of Micronesia), after giving birth, women and their newborn babies spend time in a menstruation hut while the father has a holiday. [citation needed] The Yapese women have many taboos and secrets around menstruation. They use the menstrual huts to hide themselves so that they do not embarrass themselves in front of the men.
‘We were in the toilet because she was on her period, but she didn’t care. She just gave us lunchtime detention,’ pupil says
Researchers looked at health data which over 71,000 women born between 1950 and 2005 self-reported on their iPhones and Apple watches. Girls are getting their periods earlier and regularity is ...
Worldwide, in 2018, one in three women did not have access to a working toilet at all. [19] Menstrual hygiene management issues have been ignored by professionals in the WASH sector, as well as in the health and education sectors. [20] [21] School toilets for girls in Tanzania, if they exist, often have no facilities to dispose of pads.
The issue is now in the hands of Florida’s high school athletic board.