25 Jan 2024 --- Displaced women and girls in Gaza are being deprived of necessary menstrual products, having to use tent scraps and spare pieces of clothing, reveal aid workers. Using unsanitary materials as period products could raise the risk of infection and toxic shock syndrome. In one of numerous examples, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) highlights a young mother from Gaza who is using homemade, makeshift alternatives to sanitary pads that are negatively impacting her health and well-being. The mother says she faces significant embarrassment within her family.
