Melissa Berton Guest ColumnistIn 2019, when I took the stage with director Rayka Zehtabchi to accept the Academy Award for documentary short subject for “Period.
End of Sentence,” I held the Oscar high and declared “a period should end a sentence, not a girl’s education.” Nearly 26.9 million viewers in 225 countries heard the rallying cry for menstrual justice.
As dizzying as that number is, it represents only a small fraction of the 800 million people on earth who are menstruating at any given time.Until we have policies that recognize that menstrual health is a biological process fundamental to our physical, emotional, and economic well-being, gender equity can never be achieved.Set in India, “Period.
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