Period poverty affects girls and women across the world who can’t afford to buy sanitary pads or tampons each month. So what are the alternatives?

In a refugee camp in Jordan, we follow one woman as she tries to get a sanitary pad micro-factory off the ground. While in Malawi, they’re handing out menstrual cups to teenagers.

This podcast was first published on 7 May 2019

Presenter: Vibeke Venema

Producer: Tom Colls

(Photo Caption: A menstrual cup / Photo Credit: Getty Images)

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