Scotland makes period products free and SA should take a hint

Period products have been made free in Scotland, a world first. Time for South Africa to take a hint? We think so:

“We are the first but won’t be the last.”To understand why it matters, it’s important to know a thing or two about what period poverty actually is.

Period poverty is understood as the lack of access to sanitary products and hygiene facilities to manage menstruation.that in recent years, 3.7 million girls were unable to access menstrual hygiene products.

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