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Why did women put up with being made to feel ashamed of their periods for so long?
KATE RAMSDEN welcomes the women who are speaking out and taking action over period poverty – and challenging the narrative of ‘shame’ at the same time
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ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
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ELEVEN years ago, Thabitha Khumalo of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions addressed Unison conference and STUC Congress asking for support for Dignity Period, a charity set up by Action for Southern Africa to provide sanitary wear for women in Zimbabwe.
Because of the economic situation many women and girls just couldn’t afford sanitary products and resorted to using leaves, bark or newspapers, which caused infection and sometimes death.
I remember back then being appalled at the indignity and the serious health implications for these women and girls.
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