How shaming women for periods leads to plastic pollution

Menstrual products tell the story of the modern world – from capitalism and patriarchy to culture and environmental pollution. Here’s why we should be talking about them more.

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READ MORE:

Environmental fact sheet: https://www.wen.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Fact-Sheet-Environmenstrual.pdf

Menstrual health in Sustainable Development goals: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_44

Period poverty and its implications: https://borgenproject.org/tag/period-poverty/

Periods and the pandemic: https://plan-uk.org/media-centre/menstrual-health-day-global-period-poverty-and-stigma-getting-worse-under-lockdown

Menstruation and taboos: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4408698/

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2018/09/21/3-strategies-to-address-menstruation-taboos-for-girls-in-nepal/

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_66

Thanks to:
Helen Lynn at the Women’s Environmental Network
Harry Finley at the Museum of Menstruation

Reporter: Aditi Rajagopal
Video editors: Henning Ott, Henning Goll
Supervising editor: Kiyo Dörrer


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