Monica Lennon: We must put right to free period products into law

This week we launched a special period poverty issue with social enterprise Hey Girls. Now the Scottish Government has said it will back Labour MSP Monica Lennon’s bill making free period products available universally. Here she explains why this is a victory that really matters

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