Stigma, taxes, and period poverty with Michela Bedard

12/05/2021 47 min Temporada 1 Episodio 26
Stigma, taxes, and period poverty with Michela Bedard

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Michela Bedard is an outspoken feminist. She has to be. As the Executive Director of Period, she is heading up a youth-led movement to end period poverty around the world. Michela doesn't shy away from hard conversation and believes that there should be no shame or stigma around the topic of menstruation. We discuss how menstruation inequity is a foundational element of gender gaps across industries and why she believes it is critical to have menstruators at every table where decisions are being made if we are ever going to achieve gender equity.Breaking Glass is a production of Evoke Media, a nonprofit organization that exists in order to elevate the people and stories working to make the world a more unified and equitable place. To join a global conversation about gender equality: Sign up for our Tits & Tats newsletter rounding up whit and resources on gender equity Follow along on Instagram at ...