{"id":5061522,"date":"2023-02-03T17:41:10","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illatinonews.com\/?p=5061522"},"modified":"2023-02-03T17:41:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:41:10","slug":"community-conversation-what-is-period-poverty-recap-and-resource-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/illn\/2023\/02\/03\/community-conversation-what-is-period-poverty-recap-and-resource-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Conversation: What is Period Poverty? — Recap and Resource Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An estimated 300 million people<\/a> menstruate around the world on any given day. Still, the stigma surrounding this normal bodily function contributes to the cycle of period poverty that leads many without the products and\/or knowledge they need to maintain a healthy period.

Illinois Latino News and WBEZ Chicago collaborated on the January 31 virtual event Community Conversation: What is Period Poverty?<\/a> to explore this issue. <\/strong>Beyond defining period poverty, the event strived to illustrate its effects with video interviews featuring first-hand accounts and expert panelists at both the local and national level. Responses from the Addressing Period Poverty survey<\/a> shaped the content of this conversation, by catering to the information respondents said they wanted to know.

Panelists included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abigail Suleman<\/strong><\/a>, Co-founder of Blood Buds<\/a> and MPH student at UIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ida Melbye<\/strong><\/a>, Executive director of the Period Collective<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damaris Pereda<\/strong><\/a>, National programs director, PERIOD.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Sameena Rahman<\/strong><\/a>, Obstetrics and gynecology specialist at the Center for Gynecology and Cosmetics <\/em><\/a>
Yesenia Raithel Vargas<\/strong><\/a>, Certified Nurse Midwife at Esperanza Health Centers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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