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Locked Loos And Leaks At School: Students Are Facing Too Many Barriers On Their Periods

Periods are horrible to navigate at the best of times. Yet, a new report has found some menstruating pupils in schools up and down the country are unable to access toilets when theirs hit – with ...
Los Angeles Times

Opinion: Period poverty is a social silence we should no longer ignore

While me and my friend were eager to recruit new members for the Period Poverty Club — a club dedicated to combating menstrual poverty — at our school’s annual club day, but the responses we got weren ...
Cleveland.com

Schools have a period problem, and these Black and Latina Chicago teens aren’t having it

A necessary read for the girls, gays and theys and our allies as we navigate a rapidly changing, culturally fraught, complicated country where our bodies are constantly being legislated. Sign up for ...
Phys.org

English schools provide free period products, but they're still not easy for pupils to get hold of

Pupils in the UK are struggling to afford menstrual products. In a 2022 UK survey, charity WaterAid found that one in five girls were missing school as a result. Limited access to period products can ...
Phys.org

'It needs to be talked about earlier': Some children get periods at 8, years before menstruation is taught at school

Managing menstruation in public can be challenging at the best of times, but imagine being eight years old and having to deal with your period at school. You might need to change your pad during class ...
WRIC

Bill allowing school boards to provide period education in schools signed into law by Governor Youngkin

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A bill that permits educational programs about periods to be taught in public schools, if school boards allow it, has been signed into law by Governor Glenn Youngkin. The law ...