CHICAGO (WLS) -- 'Period Poverty' is the lack of access to adequate menstrual supplies.
Candor Health Education, a not-for-profit, is trying to combat this insufficiency with a drive.
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Candor Health Education executive director Barb Thayer joined ABC7 to discuss their end-of-school-year campaign. She said she hopes to send Chicago student girls home with enough feminine products for the summer.
A 2019 study shows almost 2/3 of low-income women in the U.S. could not afford menstrual products in the last year, while nearly half sometimes had to choose between buying food or menstrual products.
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For more information on how to help combat 'Period Poverty,' visit the Candor Health Education website.