Article by Lauren Dent
However, in countries like Zimbabwe, it is a different story. The luxury of toilet paper is very often not available, and one is lucky to have running water in a public facility, let alone free period products. Zimbabwean women continue to resort to makeshift period protection such as newspapers, rags, corn husks, leaves and even cow dung to help manage their monthly flow; they either cannot afford basic sanitary wear, or do not have access to it.