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Is This How We Should Address Period Poverty?

Veronica Williams, Projek Oh Bulan

20-Jan-20 14:30

Is This How We Should Address Period Poverty?

Today, England’s Department of Education kickstarts a new scheme that will make sanitary products like pads and tampons freely available to schools and colleges in the country. We take a look if we can emulate this to address period poverty in Malaysia.

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Tee Shiao Eek


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