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Young Australian of the Year Isobel Marshall is tackling period poverty with TABOO
Isobel Marshall was about to enter her final year of high school in suburban Adelaide when she and her best friend came up with an idea to tackle two taboos: menstrual stigma and period poverty.
Key points:
- Isobel Marshall was named 2021 Young Australian of the Year
- She and friend Eloise Hall created TABOO in 2017
- The social enterprise sells sanitary products to alleviate period poverty
After graduating, the pair took a gap year, turned to crowdfunding and developed a brand of ethically sourced organic pads and tampons, with profits going towards disadvantaged girls and women overseas.
“We had just been introduced to the realities of period poverty around the world — the different ways that women are disadvantaged because of their period,”…
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