Displaced women in Lebanon face period poverty amid Israel’s war

Displaced women in Lebanon face period poverty amid Israel’s war

When Heba, a mother of four, was suddenly displaced from her home in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh on 2 March following the Israeli bombardment, the last thing on her mind was grabbing a pack of menstrual pads. She was running for her life and saving her children. The 34-year-old is now living with four other displaced families in Bourj Hammoud, a densely populated area northeast of central Beirut She describes the menstrual period as a …