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Women Forced to Choose Between Food and Menstrual Products

Chicago native Faustina Beninato is faced with a terrible choice every month: whether to spend her limited income on food or menstrual hygiene products. Temporarily homeless, she roams malls and the Harold Washington Library during the day – where she devotes two hours to job searching – and rides CTA trains at night to avoid the cold. 

https://news.wttw.com/2019/11/20/women-forced-choose-between-food-and-menstrual-products

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