The pandemic made period poverty worse in the UK – but also led to new ways to combat it

Despite the UK being one of the most developed countries in the world, there are still thousands of people in Britain who are not able to afford or access period products or menstrual health services – what’s known as “period poverty”. The pandemic has only made this worse.

When the UK entered its first lockdown in March 2020, all “non-essential” workplaces were closed. This included many…

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