Period Poverty
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Beauty
We try the innovative new age period products worth knowing about
Did you know there were two types of menstrual cup?
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- Ava Welsing-Kitcher
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Life
A book with 15 free tampons inside it has sold out for this political reason
Tampons are taxed at nearly three times the rate as books are in Germany.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Life
Period poverty in the UK: 1 in 5 young girls are being bullied at school, here’s how you can help
Male classmates are calling them "dirty" and "disgusting"
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- Megan Murray
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Life
Wales just struck a major blow against period poverty in the UK
The Welsh government has announced a scheme addressing period poverty in schools. It’s a reminder that feminist activism can make a difference
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- Moya Crockett
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- Hannah Keegan
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Free Periods’ Amika George on what’s next in the fight against period poverty
Plus, women from Uganda, Myanmar, India and Kenya tells us why period poverty is a global issue.
Opinion
10 things I want you to know about making change happen
From the founder of #FreePeriods
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Life
Why it matters that we’re getting a period emoji
It won’t eliminate stigma on its own – but if it helps start important conversations, then that’s worth celebrating.
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- Moya Crockett
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Life
Teens in Nepal document the stigma surrounding periods
“We are kept separately and not touched. I feel hated.”
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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Life
People need food banks now more than ever – here’s how you can help
Sainsbury’s has launched shelf-edge labels to help shoppers easily identify the products that are most useful to food banks
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- Natasha Preskey
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Life
These are the shocking stats around period poverty in the UK
The issue is much closer to home than you may have thought
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Life
The comedy night fighting period poverty one laugh at a time
It's going to be bloody funny
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- Megan Murray
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- Moya Lothian-McLean
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How to easily donate unused items to charity, from lipsticks to dresses
Got a house full of good-quality clutter? Here’s how to find it a new home
Long Reads
Alesha Dixon has a simple, yet powerful, solution to period poverty
137,000 girls in the UK are regularly missing school because they can’t afford sanitary protection. That needs to change
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- Alesha Dixon
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Visible Women
From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Danielle Rowley: the women making waves this week
Take note.
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- Susan Devaney
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Life
Female MP makes ground-breaking move by discussing her period in parliament
Scottish Labour's Danielle Rowley got real about period poverty in a revolutionary way
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- Megan Murray
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Life
This London restaurant will let you swap tampons for cocktails
Show your support for period poverty by getting sozzled
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- Megan Murray
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Happy Place
Finally, there's some good news about the tampon tax
Don't get too excited - it's not still not been abolished
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- Megan Murray
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Life
When will the tampon tax finally be abolished?
When you can expect to see the back of this ridiculous tax
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- Megan Murray
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- Ava Welsing-Kitcher
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7 great ways to help make hygiene poverty a thing of the past
Supporting these initiatives means less women will face hygiene poverty in the UK
Visible Women
Meet the woman tackling period poverty for asylum seekers
Stylist’s Woman of the Week is activist Gabby Edlin, the founder of Bloody Good Period.
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- Georgia Green
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