Period Basics
The monthly shedding of the uterine lining is called.
Menstruation!
Being unable to afford/access menstrual products is referred to as...
Period poverty
This country says it was the first in the world to legally protect the right to free period products.
Scotland
These four letters stand for water, sanitation, and hygiene.
W A S H
Menstruation ends permanently at this stage, confirmed after 12 months without a period.
Menopause
What term is commonly used to refer to higher prices on products marketed to women/menstruators? (Can be two answers)
tampon tax, pink tax
The Period Products Act came into force in this year.
2022
Nigeria’s first national policy of this kind frames menstrual health as a national development priority.
Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management policy
"Average" cycle length is roughly how long?
28 days
In the US, period products can’t be bought with these two nutrition assistance programs.
SNAP and WIC
The Period Products Act passed UNANIMOUSLY in this year.
2020
An estimated one in ten girls in this region misses school during menstruation.
Sub-saharan africa
What hormones rise and fall during the menstrual cycle?
Estrogen and progesterone
Nearly what fraction of US students have struggled to afford period products.
1 in 4
Under the law, schools, colleges, universities, and these local bodies must make products available free.
Local government bodies
Even when girls have products at home, they may stay away from school if it lacks these.
adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities (private toilets and clean water etc)
What is an individual's first period called?
Menarche
What does the CARES Act stand for?
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
Scotland’s government had already been funding free period products in educational institutions since this year, before the Period Products Act made it a legal requirement
2017
About this percentage of Nigerian schools have separate girls’ toilets with menstrual hygiene facilities.
3-11%