Pandemic Periods Blog
According to the UNFPA,
1.3B
There are 1.3 billion women, adolescent girls, non-binary individuals, and transgender men that menstruate every month

Number of girls out of school worldwide in 2016
800M
800 million individuals are menstruating each day!

Women die from complications in pregnancy or child
500M
500 million of these people do not have the resources, time or spaces in environments that are free from stigma and shame to attain their menstrual health.

Need for contraception in sub-Saharan Africa left unmet

Thailand’s Leap in Period Equity
In November 2022, Thailand hosted the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) which had the theme of Family Planning and Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Since

Gender-based violence and menstrual discrimination
The relationship between gender-based violence (GBV) and menstrual health is more entwined than people may think. Both GBV and menstrual discrimination are human rights violations and public

Stigma, taboo, myths and misconceptions around menstruation in young people in Australia
Although period poverty disproportionately impacts those living in resource-limited settings, it can affect anyone and anytime. In 2020, the South Australian Commissioner for Children and
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