THE campaign to end period poverty is a long-term social initiative that involves genuine effort, collaboration across society and, most importantly, proper understanding of the issue.
The issue of period poverty was brought up during the recent controversy over a feminine hygiene company’s advertising campaign for sanitary pads. Some conservative women’s groups had called for the advertisement to be withdrawn immediately, saying it was “a dishonour to women” and was “indirectly promoting pornography”.
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