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Global Journalist: Tackling Menstrual Taboos to End 'Period Poverty'


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At this year’s Academy Awards a film called “Period. End of Sentence” won the Oscar for best short documentary. The movie focused on menstruation taboos in India and highlighted the story of a group of poor women who banded together to manufacture inexpensive menstrual pads. The success of the film gave new visibility to what’s often referred to as “period poverty.” On this edition of Global Journalist: a discussion about period poverty and some of the ways that stigma about the issue affects
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Global JournalistBy Jason McLure

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