Ending Period Poverty in Jamaican Schools: A Call to Action
By Shelly-Ann WeeksAward-Winning Reproductive Health Educator & Advocate For far too many Jamaican girls, a natural biological process—menstruation—becomes a barrier to education, health, and dignity. Period poverty, the lack of access to menstrual products, proper sanitation, and education, forces young women to miss school, endure shame, and resort to unsafe alternatives like rags or toilet paper. […]
