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Could a device invented in the 1930s help end period poverty?
Period poverty affects girls and women across the world who can’t afford to buy sanitary pads or tampons each month. So what are the alternatives? We look at two very different solutions.
In a refugee camp in Jordan, we follow one woman as she tries to get a sanitary pad micro-factory off the ground.
While in Malawi, they’re handing out menstrual cups to teenagers - which last for 10 years and don’t produce any waste.
Presenter: Vibeke Venema
Producer: Tom Colls
(Photo Caption: A menstrual cup / Photo Credit: Getty Images)
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Period poverty affects girls and women across the world who can’t afford to buy sanitary pads or tampons each month. So what are the alternatives? We look at two very different solutions.
In a refugee camp in Jordan, we follow one woman as she tries to get a sanitary pad micro-factory off the ground.
While in Malawi, they’re handing out menstrual cups to teenagers - which last for 10 years and don’t produce any waste.
Presenter: Vibeke Venema
Producer: Tom Colls
(Photo Caption: A menstrual cup / Photo Credit: Getty Images)
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