1 in 10 college women face period poverty, a study shows. Here’s what that means.
“After starting at Hampton University, Amber Wynne quickly realized that many of her fellow students had trouble acquiring basic menstrual products. But she didn’t know just how profound the issue was until the coronavirus hit. Wynne, a 21-year-old studying health-science policy administration at the historically Black university in Virginia, had been spearheading a proposal to increase access to menstrual products at the school, where she said availability was limited. But as widespread stay-at-home orders depleted supplies of basic necessities from store shelves when the coronavirus hit, Wynne’s peers began reaching out to her for help.”