Opinion: Tampons can cost between $16 to $45 in remote Indigenous communities, which means some youth use socks instead of tampons in Nunavut, while others have to miss school in Saskatchewan.
Sustainable alternatives are not a convenient option for youth who wish to use them as washing and caring for reusable period products requires clean, sanitary water, which is not a reality due toon reserves. Some advisories have been in place for more than 25 years, such as in Neskantaga First Nation.
This tragic and unnecessary human rights violation has a name: period poverty. It encompasses, but is not limited to, a lack of accessible, affordable and safe menstrual products. I hope these revelations raise the following questions: why are some communities still under boiling water advisories in 2022? Why is the United Nations not highlighting this? Why are period products inaccessible if they are intrinsically related to human rights? Why are literature reviews that expose the relationship between Indigenous Peoples’ menstrual health and their mental health so scarce? Why are research findings sparse for period poverty in Indigenous...
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