Period stigma hurts health and productivity. This Gen Z CEO says it’s time to talk about it openly

Dec 10 2022 by Fast Company

Nadya Okamoto, founder of August, talks candidly about how menstruation and lack of tampon access impacts people’s livelihoods.

Periods impact more than a quarter of the global population, and 80% of women say they’ve been less productive at work because of them. Yet only one in five are willing to talk to their employers about missing work because of period pain.

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