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In Mexico City, a plastics ban prompts debate over women's access to tampons

by Rodrigo Cervantes

Apr 20, 2021

Women's rights advocates say the plastics ban leaves low-income women with few options.

Shelves filled with female sanitary products in Mexico City show no tampons as a result of the single-use plastic ban restricting them.

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Nevada’s "tampon tax" ballot initiative brings up questions about fairness and gender equality

by Jana Kasperkevic

Nov 1, 2018

Women voters are thinking beyond their own wallets when heading to polls this November.

Las Vegas Strip-themed "I Voted" stickers are displayed on the first day of early voting at the Meadows Mall on Oct. 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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