New Zealand tackles period poverty in the best way - with free sanitary products in schools

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Period poverty affects more than 90,000 girls in New Zealand, says PM Jacinda Arden – so they're doing something about it with free sanitary products for schools

June 04, 2020 - 09:42 BST Carla Challis Girls in New Zealand will no longer have to pay for sanitary products after the government announced they are doing their best to stamp out period poverty – by providing all schoolgirls with free pads and tampons. New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Arden said period products were not a luxury, but a necessity, and estimated that period poverty affects more than 90,000 girls in the country.

"We may not talk about it much, but one of the issues that young people write to me about is period poverty," PM Jacinda wrote on Instagram."Poverty amongst children and young people doesn’t stop at things like food and housing, and we know that nearly 95,000 young people miss out on school and other activities during their periods because they can't afford products. That's not right.

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