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Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products due to financial as well as knowledge constraints.

In rural Bangladesh, menstrual hygiene management is still a highly tabooed matter

There was a likelihood of infection if the rags were not clean. Now, they get a pad free of cost from the school.

The menstrual cycle is something that a woman has to experience for the majority of her life. There is no reason why it should still be taboo even in 2023, but in Bangladeshi society, the topic remains as such. What’s even more appalling is the lack of knowledge about it among men.