Period poverty is an everyday problem for Indigenous youth
Leisha Toory: “Tampons can cost between $16 to $45 a package in remote Indigenous communities.” — Contributed photoLeisha Toory is a fourth-year undergraduate studying political science and French for francophones at Memorial University in St. John’s. TwitterPeriod Action Day is Oct. 8. It is a day to support the menstrual movement and to take action to end period poverty through service, education and/or advocacy.
This socio-economic barrier, involuntary decisions to miss school, lack of safe and effective means of managing menstrual health and violation of the United Nations-recognized human right to water and sanitation negatively impacts on both the physical and mental health of Indigenous youth. But making even the smallest ripples through the advocacy of menstrual equity can give rise to seismic change.
First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities have been and are still disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, and they have reported stronger adverse impacts on mental health and financial needs, with the roots linked to more persistently longstanding disparities in socio-economic conditions due to colonialism.
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