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Period poverty; Raising awareness ,taking responsibility and action.

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  Miss universe of 2021 harnaaz kaur sandhu has been one of the people raising awareness for period poverty throughout her reign in the office. She has launched an initiative called mestrual equality which in her words will metamorphose “period poverty to period powerty” by reaching about five million women who have no access to clean and safe menstrual care starting of with those in India. This is most definitely quite the mount as the total number of women world wide experiencing period poverty is an estimate of  five hundred  million. Now,during the miss s outh africa 2022 pageant, harnaaz asked the question; between men or women, who is to blame for the current situation of Period poverty. This was directed to the first runner up of the pageant ayanda thabethe. As much as I agree with ayanda's answer which was individuals in authority since they are indeed responsible for the combating of problems in the society, I believe that everyone has the power to cause...

IS FAST FASHION A TREND OR JUST AFFRODABLE

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  Fast fashion has mostly been talked about  lately, and it can be said to be an industry that's into the replication of clothing from catwalks. This is at a massive production rate so as to suit the demand of people which is to keep up with the latest treads at a cheap cost. Examples of these fast  fashion  industries are Shein which even rose to be the number one brand  going above Zara, H&M and th e like. Now, to say something is a trend, in simple terms is to say that thing is popular. We can see trendy designer brands as Louis Vuitton, Gucci , Fedi, Prada and more. These are famous around the world but they not in the category of fast fashion as they are luxury brands which are expensive and excusive. I live in Malawi and  fast fashion is not as widely purchased compared to European or even other African countries . What is publically accessible and  at a low cost are second   hands cl othes which, if you’re lucky you might land yoursel...