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More than 800 million women get their period every year. Menstruation is a healthy process and access to menstrual hygiene products is a basic human right. On the other hand, millions of women and girls around the world do not have access to accurate and reliable information about menstruation, cannot access the hygienic products they need during their menstrual period, and cannot experience this natural process in a healthy and safe manner. It is especially prevalent among vulnerable groups who struggle with period poverty throughout their lives. According to the new report of the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA Türkiye, one in two refugee women and girls living in Türkiye access menstrual hygienic products because they are “too expensive”.