While prison disciplinary policies do not cite periods directly, the PPI report identified at least six types of prison policies used to punish menstruating people: These include rules concerning ...

Across Lesotho’s quiet hills, there is a silence that bleeds every month, unspoken, unseen and endured behind closed doors. For many girls, menstruation means missed school days. For girls and young ...

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The current financial crisis has hit our generation hard, with many of us carefully re-evaluating our current spending habits. Whether it’s cutting down on little luxuries and treats, bargain hunting, ...

For millions of women and girls in India, menstruation still remains taboo. The lack of access to affordable products, hygiene facilities and awareness of menstrual health can negatively affect their ...

Sanitary pads in Pakistan carry up to 40 percent taxes. In a poor country, that amounts to punishing women, say critics – simply for being women. Omer is trying to get the government to scrap that ...

Claire Coder, founder and CEO at Aunt Flow, in front of a dispenser of period pads and tampons. Once seen as a fringe issue, menstrual equity—the idea that access to free period products is a ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A community cupboard offering free menstrual products is now open in Albuquerque. The “Period Cupboard” opened Friday at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church. The cupboard offers “easy, ...

Ohio House Bill 29 would require free menstrual products and showers for incarcerated women. Supporters cite stories of incarcerated women struggling to obtain necessary hygiene products. The bill ...

The days of Ohio girls skipping class or hunting for a friend with spare feminine hygiene products are about to be over. The Buckeye State will start providing free pads and tampons to students this ...