While the economic impact of COVID-19 continues to grow around the world, period poverty has become a worsening issue, posing health risks for millions.
at improving accessibility to sanitary products and sexual education for girls in rural schools.
Menstrual health and hygiene has been an issue for India, which has the second-highest number of coronavirus infections after the United States. COVID-19 lockdowns, border closures and supply disruptions have limited access to menstrual hygiene products in 30 countries around the world, according to Plan International's Period in a Pandemic report.Members of a One Girl community group sing and dance at their local market selling affordable sanitary pads and breaking down taboos.
"Parents would not discuss [menstruation] with children. So what happened is they get the knowledge elsewhere from unreliable sources [such as] the internet," Ms Devina said. Georgie Snare, an ambassador for the Do It In A Dress campaign, told the ABC that people could pick out tampons and pads on Australian supermarket shelves much more freely than people in Sierra Leone and Uganda.
"I was definitely shocked because it's such a taboo when you have your period in some of these countries.
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