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Tampon Tax Extracts a Heavy Toll on Women Period poverty encompasses the lack of access to the basic necessities for menstruation—hygiene products, of course, but also clean water, sanitation and education about biology and reproduction—and it includes a great deal more than this as well. Without access to these basic necessities, people who menstruate the world over are marginalized and regularly unable to participate in school, work and other activities. With 800 million people menstruati...

Bestselling Author Diamant Says No More Shame [or] Silence Around Menstruation On 05/05/21 at 6:00 AM EDT Bestselling writer Anita Diamant tackles often-taboo subjects like menstrual justice, period poverty and the tampon tax in her new book, Period. End of Sentence (Scribner, May), along with founder of The Pad Project, and Academy-Award winning documentary film producer Melissa Berton. In this Q&A, she discusses what misogyny has to do with ...

March 17, 2021 in Lifestyle In light of women’s history month, The Daily Trojan is acknowledging our university’s very own extraordinary change-makers. March is Women’s History Month, thus, the Daily Trojan is celebrating achievements that have been made by trailblazers. With respect to the annual theme for 2021, “Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to Be Silenced,” we commemorate the honorable role of women who never backed down from a challenge and exceeded endeavors.  Throughout ...

Comfort and compassion brought to discussions about menstruation, period poverty Written By: Stephanie Farr / The Philadelphia Inquirer | 8:00 am, Mar. 12, 2021 × Lynette Medley, 51, left, and her daughter, Nya McGlone, 29, are pictured in a storage room at their menstrual hub, The SPOT Period, located at 4811 Germantown Ave., Suite 101 in Philadelphia. Heather Khalifa / Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS PHILADELPHIA – When Lynette Medley and her daughter, Nya McGlone, began delivering fre...

New Zealand announced that free menstrual products will be available in schools. However, the US still lags in ensuring period equity.