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In a 2023 national survey, one in four Canadian women said they had chosen between buying menstrual products and paying for essentials such as food or rent in the past year. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) 

Free period products in schools help girls and young women, but only when they’re available

Kamilla Bonnesen, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Olivia Cooke, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Tracy Vaillancourt, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

More than half of students had missed at least part of a school day because of their period. When asked why, about one-third said they had been without pads or tampons when they needed them.

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