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https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/thecardiffian/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2018/02/proud-pads-crop.jpg15361152WOMEN around Cardiff are coming up with new ideas to combat period poverty. According to latest statistics from charity, Plan International, one in 10 women has been unable to afford sanitary products and 12 per cent of women have had to improvise sanitary wear. Fiona Munnelly, 26 an occupational therapy student at Cardiff University, is the project leader for Periods in Poverty. The campaign has set up donation points for sanitary products, which Ms Munnelly says are in the late […]