poverty
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Scotland’s mission to end period poverty
Period poverty is when girls and women don’t have access to sanitary products – a sad state of affairs in modern day Scotland. It leads to missing school, feelings of shame, and even using makeshift feminine hygiene like rags which can cause toxic shock. Menstrual cycles can be a taboo subject at the best of…
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Cost of the school day acting as barrier to participation
New research published by Glasgow City Council has shown that costs across the school day are putting young people in the authority from low income families at a disadvantage. The year-long pilot project looked at the impact of poverty on the lives of children and young people. Carried out by the Child Poverty Action Group…
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