{"id":84950,"date":"2020-03-02T15:48:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T10:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=14033"},"modified":"2020-03-02T15:48:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T10:18:59","slug":"period-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/period-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Period Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Scotland may become the first country in the world to end \u2018period poverty\u2019 by passing the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill to make sanitary products free for all.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Period Poverty:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Period poverty is often described as a lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Scottish Parliament has passed the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill.<\/li><li>It aims to develop a universal system in Scotland which will provide free sanitary products for anyone who needs them.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Period Poverty in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Increased risk of disease:<\/strong>In India,an estimated 70% of all reproductive diseases are caused by poor menstrual hygiene as women often use dirty rags as a replacement for sanitary pads.<\/li><li><strong>Cultural stereotypes have a huge impact: <\/strong>Menstruation in India is often seen as a shameful conversation.Studies estimate that 71% of girls have no knowledge about menstrual health until after their first period.<\/li><li><strong>High Cost of Sanitation facilities:<\/strong>Approximately 70 million people in India live in extreme poverty on less than $1.90 dollars per day.Hence for low-income households, the cost of sanitary pads is often unattainable.<\/li><li><strong>Period poverty in India affects education:<\/strong>On average, girls miss six days of class each month due to shame surrounding their periods or a lack of sanitary products.This contributes to the number of girls in India who dropout of school each year around 23%.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Initiatives by Indian Government:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Janaushadhi Suvidha scheme:<\/strong>It aims to provide women with oxo-biodegradable sanitary napkins at a meagre cost of Rs 2.50\/pad across 3,600 Janaushadhi Kendras in the country.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Scotland may become the first country in the world to end \u2018period poverty\u2019 by passing the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill to make sanitary products free for all. Facts: About Period Poverty: Period poverty is often described as a lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints. About Period Products (Free Provision)&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/period-poverty\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Period Poverty<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[2063,2064],"class_list":["post-84950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-period-poverty","tag-scotland","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}