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Period poverty: African women priced out of sanitary products – BBC News


A BBC investigation has revealed that women on basic pay in Africa are spending between 3% and 13% of their monthly wage on sanitary products.

Ghana is the worst affected of the countries surveyed, with women spending $1 in every $7 of their monthly salary on period pads.

BBC reporter Gem O’Reilly spoke to the activists trying to end period poverty in Africa.

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