17% of women miss work, school out of fear their periods will be discovered
 

17% of women miss work, school out of fear their periods will be discovered
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Women's health app Clue surveyed 90,000 people from 190 countries to learn how the world thinks about menstruation. *

The results prove that most countries do indeed hold negative stigmas surrounding menstruation. As a result, those with periods can feel silenced.

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“Many women and girls in developing countries face a host of challenges when it comes to their*period—from **t being able to access hygiene products to being forced to miss school because of a lack of*toilets. This is compounded by the fact that most don’t receive comprehensive ***uality education, so they*are unaware of how their bodies work,” said Françoise Girard in a release.*Girard is*president of*The International Women’s Health Coalition*(IWHC), which consulted on the survey.*“We need to do a lot more to make sure women and girls k**w and are*comfortable speaking about their ***ual and reproductive health and their rights.” Read more...


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