66% of domestic workers say buying menstrual products causes financial stress, Hong Kong NGO finds

66% of domestic workers say buying menstrual products causes financial stress, Hong Kong NGO finds

Around two-thirds of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong say purchasing menstrual products places a financial strain on them, according to an NGO’s survey on period poverty. Domestic workers in Central. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Of the 309 Filipina and Indonesian domestic workers surveyed last month by Free Periods, an NGO supporting people facing period poverty, nearly 66 per cent said buying menstrual products caused financial stress. Almos…