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    This invention from the 1930s is cutting period poverty Jump to media player Saying 'Goodbye' to pads and period poverty, and 'Hello' to the menstrual cup
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This invention from the 1930s is cutting period poverty

Some girls can't afford sanitary pads when they have their period, so they end up missing school.

Now, girls in Malawi are being given menstrual cups, and it's made a huge difference.

A film by Gloria Achieng for People Fixing the World.

  • 28 May 2019
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