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Why period dignity needs so much more from our politicians
Period poverty is not just a problem for women, it is a problem for our entire society, says LAUREN CASSIDY
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GIRLS missing school days, women missing work days, “improvised” sanitary products, and the embarrassment — oh, the embarrassment.
The scourge of period poverty runs deep through our communities, embedded in the taboo of talking about periods, and exacerbated by the austerity-driven agenda of this government.
To those of us who watched the tear-jerking I, Daniel Blake, the problem of period poverty in 21st-century Britain is not a new phenomenon.
When you use a public toilet, a work toilet, and when our children use school toilets, we expect that toilet roll will be provided.
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