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Women’s Agenda; July 9, 2024
More than four million Australians cannot afford basic hygiene products, with women more likely to experience hygiene poverty than men.
Good360 Australia, an Australian charity providing unsold consumer goods to people in need, has released new research into hygiene poverty, where people go without one or more hygiene products because they are unable to afford it.
The results showed one in seven people (15 per cent) recently skipped buying personal or household products because they could not afford to buy it.
Alison Covington AM, the founder and managing director of Good360 Australia, said hygiene poverty can have “profound implications” on people’s physical, mental and emotional wellbeing: according to the research, one in ten respondents said it impacted their mental and/or physical health.
“Our research reveals hygiene poverty is impacting millions of Australians,” Covington said. “It’s heartbreaking to see families having to choose between heating, eating or keeping clean.”
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