Indeed, as Freedom4Girl’s project coordinator told Metro following the reports in Leeds: “What we’ve heard is the tip of the iceberg, I’m sure.”

“There were 25,000 visits to food banks in Leeds alone last year. So if you’re at crisis point you go to a food bank and, like in Kenya, if you can’t afford food you can’t afford sanitary protection,” she added to The Independent.

Sample packs of period products have been sent to the school in question, but let’s hope it’s not long before more actions are taken to get girls across the country these basic resources, so that the anatomy of being a woman doesn’t serve to hinder their access to education any longer.

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School girls may be given free tampons to help combat 'period poverty'