SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Period Poverty Awareness Week starts on Monday, May 20th. Lacey Gero with the Alliance for Period Supplies is just one person trying to get the word out. “Period poverty is the ...

When Sabrina Natasha Browne runs out of menstrual hygiene products, she, like a lot of people, goes to CVS and pays the $12 to $15 it may cost to replenish her supply. Up until four years ago, she ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the U.S., two in five people have struggled to purchase period products at some point in their lives. This statistic shines a light on the global issue of period poverty. The NIH ...

It's a lack of resources for girls and women across the world, including here, to obtain the items needed to sanitarily deal ...

Third-year UI student Pandey, founder of 501(3)(c) nonprofit Love for Red, works to fight period poverty across the state of Iowa through service, advocacy, and awareness. Maanya Pandey grew up ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT 530. WELCOME BACK. A HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT FIVE YEARS AGO HAS NOW TURNED INTO A NONPROFIT HELPING GIRLS AND WOMEN ALL ACROSS IOWA. NEW AT 530. KCCI’S NICOLE TAM ...

In a conversation with a young patient about her period during an exam, the 14-year-old revealed that it was often difficult to manage her period due to a lack of access to tampons and pads. She told ...

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)Every month, Alice Shikuku has to choose between buying enough food for her family and buying sanitary pads for her daughter. Her family moved to Korogocho, one of the poorest ...

In a survey of 1,010 students, 70% said that the school environment makes them especially self-conscious of their periods. More than one out of three of the students said that often or sometimes they ...

SAN ANTONIO – Andrea Ley, owner of Olla Express Cafe, said there is a reason for her Strawberry Horchata recipe. “It’s a pink color,” Ley said. “I think it goes really well with the Periodpalooza’s ...

Macon-Bibb County is the first municipality to offer free period products in county bathrooms, local officials say. Lucinda Warnke/The Telegraph Macon-Bibb County will become the first municipality in ...

While me and my friend were eager to recruit new members for the Period Poverty Club — a club dedicated to combating menstrual poverty — at our school’s annual club day, but the responses we got weren ...