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“I already felt ashamed of it before my period had started”

From unspoken taboos, to makeshift toilet paper pads, Clue members share their first period experiences.

World Menstrual Hygiene Day is about breaking taboos around menstrual health and hygiene by raising awareness and shifting negative social norms for #PeriodFriendlyWorld. But where do the taboos and negative social norms around periods begin?

According to a recent Clue survey, for many of us, it starts from our very first period experience.

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