Girl Guides getting ‘period poverty’ badge

Scouting movement aims to raise awareness and ‘end taboo’ attached to menstruation

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Girl Guides show off their badges at a folk festival in 1947
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Girl Guides will get the chance to earn a “period poverty” badge as part of a new campaign by the Scouting movement to encourage discussions about menstruation.

Girlguiding UK, a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, has introduced a range of new activities aimed at removing taboos around periods, along with helping “girls who struggle to afford products such as pads and tampons”, The Daily Telegraph reports.

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