Period Poverty
PeopleFree Periods’ Amika George on what’s next in the fight against period poverty
Long ReadsWhy the government’s pledge to end period poverty is so vitally important
Opinion10 things I want you to know about making change happen
Latest Stories
LifeWhy 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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LifeTeens 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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LifePeople 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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LifeThese 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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LifeThe 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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LifeHow 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
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- Moya Lothian-McLean
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Long ReadsAlesha 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 WomenFrom Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Danielle Rowley: the women making waves this week
Take note.
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- Susan Devaney
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LifeFemale 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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LifeThis 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 PlaceFinally, 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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LifeWhen 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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Beauty7 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
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- Ava Welsing-Kitcher
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Visible WomenMeet 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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Visible WomenWomen’s Daily Dispatch: the news you need to know on 5/2/18
Scottish women grapple with period poverty, rare suffragette posters are unveiled, and more
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- Moya Crockett
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LifeThe tampon has been given a major upgrade for 2018
Wave goodbye to unwanted leakage
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- Susan Devaney
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LifeThe unique way this Scottish company is fighting period poverty in the UK
“Buy one, give one.”
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- Susan Devaney
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