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The root cause of period poverty
What is poverty/ income inequality?
The percentage of American teen girls who experience period poverty
What is 25%
The percent of American teenage girls who have had to wear menstrual products for longer than recommended
The percentage period poverty increased by in the United States after covid
What is 35%?
A stigma that prevents discussion and legislation to end period poverty
What is menstrual stigma?
The fraction of American women who experience period poverty
What is 1/3?
The NY representative that introduced the Menstrual Equity for All Act
Who is Grace Meng?
The percentage of teenage girls in the U.S. who rarely or never find period products in their school
What is 62%
The name of the luxury goods tax added to period products
What is the pink tax?
What the Indian women in ”Period. End of Sentence” aren’t allowed to do while menstruating
What praying in the temple?
The number of women in the world who menstruate every month
What is 1.9 billion women/ half the world’s female population?
The average amount of money an American woman spends on period products in her lifetime?
What is $6,000?
The educational impact of period poverty on teenage girls
What is missing school/ dropping out/ failing school?
The percent of women in D.C. that miss activities or work due to lack of period products
What is 29%?
A rare, life-threatening condition that women who experience period poverty are more likely to develop
What is toxic shock syndrome/ tss?
The percent of girls at a pediatric and adolescent gynecology clinic in D.C. that qualified to get menstrual hygiene kits
What is 35%