Facts 

In various African countries, period poverty undermines the education of girls and young women. In Gambia, girls miss out on five days of school every month, as they can't afford menstrual products. This is equivalent to them missing a month and a half of school every year.

 

India is a global exemplar of period poverty. Media sources have shared that approximately 36 to 43 percent of the 355 million menstruating female population of India has not had access to menstrual products.

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In Zimbabwe, more than 3 million women and girls menstruate and the majority of them do not have proper and sufficient menstrual protection. This leads to them missing school.