Menstrual Health
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Period poverty is keeping South African girls out of the classroom
Lack of access to sanitary products forces many South African girls to miss school out of fear and embarrassment. In Hammanskraal, the TS Pad a Girl Foundation is stepping up to…
Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in South African sanitary pads and pantyliners, study finds
Chemicals linked to fertility problems and cancer were detected in all sanitary pads and pantyliners tested
Women in the Environment
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#FreeToBleed: ‘A pool of blood gushed down my thighs. My white socks were red.’
Shame doesn’t start when menstruation begins. It is built in slow steps.
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Why linking pads to sex may speak volumes about how we stigmatise menstruation
Anna Dahlqvist reflects on a short history of a messy ‘problem’, or how the world taught you to fear your period.