Community Conversation: What is Period Poverty?
WBEZ 848 E. Grand Ave., Navy Pier, Chicago,, ILAbout 26 percent of the world population menstruates. Shame and stigma inhibits education and access to essential hygiene products for people who menstruate, and it happens everywhere. In the U.S., nearly two-thirds of low-income women couldn’t afford tampons or pads in 2018. Period poverty particularly impacts low income and unhoused communities, as well as people […]