When I see things like this, I have to say that I don't take anything for granted. We don't realize how good we have it sometimes. Too poor to buy pads? Really?!
12-year-old girl commits suicide after teacher harassed her for period stains-
A 12-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu, India, has committed suicide after her teacher shouted at and shamed her for period stains on her school uniform.
According to the girl’s mother, the girl had gotten her period while in class, and was unprepared because she had had just begun puberty two months prior, Tamil Nadu publication the News Minute reported.
When the girl’s teacher realized she had stained her uniform, she chastised the girl and sent her to the principal’s office, where she was “mocked and scolded” for not preparing for her period. In India, menstruation still carries a heavy stigma; 88% of women use items like cloth, ash, wood shavings, and even cow dung in place of sanitary napkins because they can’t afford period products and the government doesn’t take menstrual health seriously.
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https://www.dailydot.com/irl/period-shaming-suicide-india/?llid=zkxJy&ls=dd&type=cpc&campaign=zkxJy