This mother-daughter duo in Philadelphia is behind the country's first menstrual hub
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While women across the world face a number of symptoms that make menstruating difficult throughout the year, others face additional issues such as living in poverty that make dealing with menstruating even harder. Despite misconceptions that access to femaleThis mother-daughter duo in Philadelphia is behind the country's first menstrual hub
While women across the world face a number of symptoms that make menstruating difficult throughout the year, others face additional issues such as living in poverty that make dealing with menstruating even harder. Despite misconceptions that access to female hygiene products is an issue in developing countries and not the U.S., the truth is American women are 38% more likely to live in poverty than men, making them vulnerable to period poverty. Period poverty is a lack of access to menstrual products and resources. Women living in poverty often must choose between buying products like pads and tampons and feeding themselves or even feeding their children, making access to hygiene products an obstacle. In addition to lack of hygiene products, period poverty could include lack of access to clean water and even waste management services like toilets. In efforts to end period poverty, two women, a mother and daughter duo, have been delivering free menstrual products door-to-door in Philadelphia for at least three years. The women, Lynette Medley and her daughter Nya McGlone, have often delivered these items at night to respect the privacy of those they serve, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. Now as word of their kind-hearted work has spread, community members have come together to crowdfund a menstrual hub. Opening Saturday, The SPOT Period menstrual hub will be the first hub of its kind in the nation. Read more