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Carissimi Talking about menstruation is taboo in many communities and access to menstrual hygiene products is a problem faced around the world.
As a result, people are often fearful and unprepared when they start having periods. They miss school and fall behind in their studies. Many drop out.
We began our work in Ethiopia to help girls stay in school by providing the supplies and education they need to manage menstruation. We've since brought our mission home, working to end period poverty in our local community of St. Louis and throughout the U.S.
https://www.dignityperiod.org/It's fairly obvious they do a little bit more than the federal govt.
Not everyone is blessed and gets to talk about sex, periods, dating and other coming of age things. People live in religious communities where that's shunned and seen as dirty. You also don't have to be religious, if the parents don't have a sexual IQ to them or have hang ups around coming of age topics because of trauma, how do you expect these people to teach others?
Everyone deserves a right to know their bodies, not everyone comes from the same background as you.
