New Zealand said that it will provide free sanitary products in schools across the country in an effort to tackle period poverty. 'By making them freely available, we support these young people to continue learning at school,' Jacinda Ardern said
Nearly 95,000 girls in the country aged nine to 18 are thought to stay home from school during their periods due to not being able to afford pads and tampons, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a statement. "By making them freely available, we support these young people to continue learning at school," Ardern said.The New Zealand government is investing NZ$2.
Unable to afford or access sanitary products or manage basic menstrual hygiene, girls across the world instead resort to using rags, old clothes, newspapers, hay, sand, or even ash, according to Unicef and other aid organizations.
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