Here I feel beautiful on my period. Today, I’m proud that my body is capable of a process as vital to my health as menstruation. I’ve struggled with shame and embarrassment surrounding this topic and I’m not alone. Stop and read these facts below. Many women and girls around the world experience period poverty and stigma. The more we normalize conversation around menstruation, the more we protect women and girls around the world. Did you know– - Today, around 500 million women and girls around the world are stigmatized, excluded and discriminated against simply because they menstruate. - This impacts the ability of women and girls to be able to attend school or make an income due to the lack of hygienic facilities and supplies, lack of comprehensive sex education, and harmful social norms. - For example, in Ghana, 95% of the girls sometimes miss school when they’re menstruating. - We are starting to see progress in ending period poverty. Kenya now provides free sanitary pads to girls in education and Ethiopia has established menstrual hygiene management clubs in school. Scotland has most recently become the *FIRST* country in the world make period products free for ALL. Let’s keep this conversation going and make the world safer for women and girls! 🤍