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Anthropogenic climate change has induced considerable harm to women’s rights, health, and livelihoods, yet discussions around the effects of climate change on women’s menstrual health are underdeveloped. Period poverty refers to a scarcity of access to menstrual products, hygiene education, or adequate sanitation supplies. 1

Approximately 500 million women and girlsexperience period poverty globally due to a scarcity of resources and the existing social stigma associated with women’s pain and health, and this figure has likely increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2 Planning and design of water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems have not generally considered menstrual health, and robust sanitation, menstrual education, and public awareness around women’s health remains minimal among civil society, governments, and the private sector. 3 The prevalence of period poverty is a heightened …