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Working Toward Menstrual Equity

By Kyle Kellams

Published April 17, 2023 at 12:47 PM CDT

One in four U.S. teenagers has missed class because of the lack of access to menstrual supplies, according to the Alliance for Period Supplies.

Tomorrow at 6 p.m., the Fayetteville Public Library will host Period Poverty & Menstrual Equity - A Short Film & Roundtable Discussion.

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Kyle Kellams

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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