How we’re going to end period poverty in Wales
‘Period poverty’ – it’s a phrase that only a couple of years ago barely even existed.
Yet, that all changed last March when the media reported of girls in Leeds who had routinely been missing school because they couldn’t afford menstrual products.
People’s reaction was, understandably, a mix of shock and disbelief. How on earth have we reached a point, in this day and age, where young people are having to miss out on education because they can’t afford essential sanitary products?
A survey by Plan International UK found that 1 in 10 girls had been unable to afford sanitary products.
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