A Buckinghamshire charity urges people to craft reusable pads to raise awareness of period poverty.

Claire Coder, founder and CEO at Aunt Flow, in front of a dispenser of period pads and tampons. Once seen as a fringe issue, menstrual equity—the idea that access to free period products is a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. July 2023, Hesse, Kassel: A student holds a menstrual product in front of a menstrual product dispenser. Photo: Swen Pfortner ...

For those of us who menstruate, unexpected periods are basically a universal experience. Even if you track your cycle down to a T, sometimes your body just decides to switch things up — and those are ...

The days of Ohio girls skipping class or hunting for a friend with spare feminine hygiene products are about to be over. The Buckeye State will start providing free pads and tampons to students this ...

Students in 6th-12th grade could have access to free period products in school bathrooms under a bill unanimously advanced by the Iowa House Education Committee Tuesday. School districts would have to ...