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Indigenous girls missing school during their periods: the state of hygiene in remote Australia

  • Written by Nina Lansbury Hall, Lecturer, Environmental Health Unit, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
imageA new report paints a disturbing picture about the lack of hygiene in Aboriginal communities, that particularly disadvantages girls.bixentro/Flickr, CC BY

Basic sanitary products can be unaffordable, unavailable or too shameful to buy for girls and women in Australia’s remote Indigenous communities. A report released today, containing...

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