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Period poverty: In Africa, women are being priced out of buying sanitary ware (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org -1 points 1 year ago

This is Africa we're talking about. That whole continent was the playground of ruthless European colonizers for centuries, and I'm under the impression it wasn't exactly a paradise before that, either. So, probably not.