‘We’re still people’: MM chat to Manchester’s homeless women struggling for dignity when their periods arrive
In Manchester, homelessness seems to be constantly on the rise and period poverty is an ongoing battle for women on the streets.
Socks and newspapers as tampons… ‘Period pack’ initiatives to aid Manchester’s poor and homeless women
The founders of Greater Manchester’s ‘period pack’ initiatives will join forces to help the women on the streets and in poverty in the city who cannot afford sanitary products.
Periods, pads and poverty: Campaign to stop Manchester women being forced to choose ‘tampons OR food’
The Monthly Gift is a Manchester campaign that seeks to raise awareness of the issues women sleeping rough face dealing with their periods and increase donations of sanitary products to the homeless and those in need.