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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
Given the income of the women ranged from an estimated $1 – $3/day, disposable sanitary pads are often too expensive. Therefore, more than 80% of the women regularly used folded cloth sheets or old T-shirts to absorb menstrual blood.<ref>http://ganm.nursing.jhu.edu/partnership-not-aid-how-the-women-of-haiti-are-claiming-a-new-future-3/</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
"Kotex" is the most common brand of pads available in Port-au-Prince. | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
A box of 32 Tampax OB tampons can cost around 600 Gourde (~$9 USD). This price is even higher than many western countries. Because of this, disposable menstruation products have not much popularity among many women in the country. A company called [https://www.oursoil.org/1701-empowering-women/ SOIL] claims to provide reusable sanitary kits for free to all women in Haiti. Visit their website for more information. | A box of 32 Tampax OB tampons can cost around 600 Gourde (~$9 USD). This price is even higher than many western countries. Because of this, disposable menstruation products have not much popularity among many women in the country. A company called [https://www.oursoil.org/1701-empowering-women/ SOIL] claims to provide reusable sanitary kits for free to all women in Haiti. Visit their website for more information. | ||