I sat behind the Miss School for Deaf team last night.
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Mebrahtu believes no girl should miss school because of her period.
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"I don't like that I have to miss school," she said.
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But the children often miss school when flooding blocks their school bus.
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At a minimum, it plans to avoid causing children to miss school.
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"Girls in America do miss school because of their periods," Yenser said.
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Men and women are unable to work for months; children miss school.
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B. doesn't want to come because she doesn't want to miss school.
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But Dauma was tempted to miss school once or twice in 13 years, right?
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It was after school so I didn't have to miss school at that time.
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I'd miss school because he was waiting outside my mom's apartment to attack me.
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Child laborers, who frequently miss school for work, can pick up where they left off.
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In Kenya, for example, menstruation is cited as the number one reason why girls miss school.
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Once again, he'll miss school and make the two-hour drive to Memphis with his family.
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According to the CDC, colds are the primary reason adults miss work and children miss school.
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They can miss school for several days over the course of a 29-day application period.
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Their strikes have paralyzed the city with traffic, making people miss work and kids miss school.
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Her kids would miss school, and her plans to flee the country continued to be delayed.
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The kids were distraught, even though they enjoyed eating fast food and were happy to miss school.
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This is troubling because students who miss school are likely to fall behind and eventually drop out.
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"Sometimes military kids are going to miss school for reasons other kids don't miss," she told CNN.
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The storm caused more than 1 million children to miss school, and 4,000 flights to be canceled.
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Around a million children were forced to miss school as a result and thousands of workers reported illness.
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Farina says Salz told his mother he couldn&apost miss school because he was working on his perfect attendance.
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When crops matured, children would have to miss school to keep the monkeys away from the fields, he added.
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Meanwhile, girls who can't get tampons or pads sometimes miss school during their periods, putting them academically behind their peers.
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"When girls don't know how to make pads, they have to miss school, maybe for three days," Esther tells me.
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Without treatment, children with asthma can struggle to breathe, miss school, wind up in the ER or hospital—even asphyxiate.
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Letting children miss school offers taxpayers a poor "return on investment" and deprives California of a skilled workforce, Ms Harris argued.
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They were more likely to miss school because of illness and made more trips to emergency rooms and urgent care clinics.
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Often, children must face dangerous walking conditions and are forced to miss school to secure water, most of which is unhealthy.
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And unless Seattle officials find a resolution soon, more than 53,000 students in the state's largest district could miss school indefinitely.
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But hearing directly from you why climate change is so terrifying that you're willing to miss school could impact their thinking.
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UNESCO estimates that one in ten adolescent girls in Africa miss school when they have their period, and eventually they drop out.
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Sometimes as a kid you need to miss school to do more important things, like visit The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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Kate Brown signed last month, lets students have an excused absence if they miss school because of their mental or behavioral health.
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Children who go hungry are more likely to miss school and receive poorer grades — which leads to trouble keeping up in class.
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The children cannot afford to miss school, she said, especially Emeline, a high school senior who is meant to graduate this year.
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We wanted them with us and didn't want them to miss school, especially during what would be their final year in China.
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As a college graduate who has officially stopped "learning" in a school-like setting, I can say with certainty that I miss school.
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In Morocco, as in many developing countries, girls start to miss school around puberty because they cannot afford supplies for their menstrual period.
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"My daughter used to miss school as she accompanied her mother to fetch water," said Martin Mwiti, a motorbike taxi operator in Marimanti.
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More than 10 percent said they've had to miss school at least once during the past month out of concern for their safety.
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On average, one in 22005 girls in Ethiopia miss school for reasons related to their periods; in some rural areas, this increases almost 50%.
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And a similar study in South Korea reported that high schoolers who vaped were more likely to have symptoms of asthma and miss school.
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For minors, like the dozens Epstein allegedly trafficked into sex work, sex trafficking sometimes doesn't even require them to miss school or family time.
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We have to take time off from work, there's people who miss school, lose their jobs because they want to see their favourite band.
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Indigenous Australian girls regularly miss school when they menstruate because they cannot afford sanitary items, a 2017 study by Australia's University of Queensland found.
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The Checkup Painful periods are common around the world but, with treatment, should not cause a teenager to miss school, sports or social outings.
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Across Africa, 20193 in 10 girls miss school because they don't have access to menstrual products, according to the international human rights organization ActionAid.
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She had read an article about how other girls had to miss school when they were menstruating because they couldn't afford basic sanitation products.
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Should a student miss school because they're lacking the immunization requirements, their missed days will be counted as unexcused absences, the school system said.
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"I used to stay in my room not doing anything — I'd miss school and stuff," said Austin Stark, a Green Chimneys senior from Midtown Manhattan.
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And girls who are the poorest and the most encumbered among us after a disaster are 2.5 times more likely to miss school than our brothers.
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Students from the top schools also tended to spend more time studying, were less likely to miss school and reported more teacher support for attending college.
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Waiting until your 30s to experience this is like adult chicken pox — it's much worse than when you're young, and you don't get to miss school.
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One study found that Baltimore students who must travel through dangerous neighborhoods were more likely to miss school, which puts them further behind their wealthier peers.
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Since he became ill over summer break, he didn't miss school, but as an active child, he missed out on sports and hanging out with his friends.
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Advocates say lack of access to these products can force people to miss school or work, or even contribute to health problems if they use unsanitary alternatives.
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The 11-year-old was invited to walk in the Fashion Week shows where younger sister Milania walked but declined because she didn't want to miss school.
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He says it does not make sense to put 17-year-olds in an adult environment where they will miss school and get a record for life.
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Helping Teenagers With Menstrual Pain Painful periods are common around the world but, with treatment, should not cause a teenager to miss school, sports or social outings.
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That means Nabers or her husband would have to miss half a day of work, and her children, ages 4 and 6, would have to miss school.
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Malaria is one of the main reasons why Africans miss school or work, entrenching poverty as time and money are spent in hospital, rather than learning or earning.
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She said her 10-year-old daughter had been affected as well, waking up with a heavy nosebleed and later suffering headaches that forced her to miss school.
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WATCH: The Activists Making Sure Kids Don't Miss School Because of Their Periods Pads are the absorbent surfboards that you stick inside your pants like an extra layer.
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Previous research hinted at racial differences—for example, a small study in 1993 found that white children were more likely to miss school due to anxiety than black children.
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Almost 900 million children have to contend with a lack of basic hygiene facilities during their education, putting their health at risk and meaning some have to miss school.
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Cavities can lead students to miss school, to not be able to chew properly and to not be able to speak and communicate effectively due to pain, she said.
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Watch: The Activists Making Sure Kids Don't Miss School Because of Their Periods "Looking back on it, it seems ridiculous that I'd have to budget so hard," she adds.
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Hungry children are less able to learn and are more likely to miss school due to illness, repeat a grade, receive special education services, and/or receive mental health services.
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One administrator told the Post that all students have to fill out a form at least two days ahead of their planned absence explaining why they plan to miss school.
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Fighting to ensure that girls everywhere do not miss school as a result of period poverty - a lack of access to feminine hygiene products keeping them home from school. pic.twitter.
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Nabers understood the bureaucratic predicament, but it still didn't seem like a good enough reason for her or her husband to miss work, or for her children to miss school.
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She created a sanitary pad vending machine for schools and public spaces, since one in 10 girls in sub-Saharan Africa miss school because they lack access to sanitary products.
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Last November, the city's worst pollution in nearly 20 years forced about a million children to miss school, while thousands of workers reported sick and people queued to buy face masks.
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You might expect girls on their period to miss school in less developed countries such as India, where widespread stigma around menstruation even stops menstruating women from attending places of worship.
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"According to our handbook, if a junior or senior would miss school the day before prom, they would not be allowed to attend," Dixon High School Principal Mike Grady told SaukValley.
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A dirt floor increases the risk of parasites getting into the feet of children, sickening them, making them miss school, and sometimes even hospitalizing them—a costly expense for any family.
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Over 100 million young women around the globe miss school or work for lack of adequate menstrual supplies, & fear of what might happen if the world witnesses A NATURAL BODILY FUNCTION. . WHY?
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Communication It is alarming to read the statistics that say 77 percent of students have been bullied verbally, mentally or physically, and about 160,000 students miss school daily because of bullying (NoBullying.com).
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The report reiterated longtime pediatric positions, emphasizing the importance of careful diagnosis, by trained observers, and arguing first and foremost that children should not miss school because of head lice or nits.
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" The actress is also teaming up with Always to ensure that girls across the United States have access to feminine products so they don't miss school — a phenomenon known as "period poverty.
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What's happening in the U.S.: The Times reports that large districts around the U.S. were discussing on Monday afternoon the issue of whether to allow students to miss school for the strikes.
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One mom said she had no problem letting her younger kids miss school so they could attend the parade but had been wary about her 16-year-old missing an important physics lesson.
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More than a third of girls in South Asia miss school during their periods, often because they lack access to toilets or pads, according to a WaterAid and UNICEF study earlier this year.
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The United Nations estimates that due to a lack of facilities, one in 10 girls in Africa will miss school during their period and will eventually drop out of school as a result.
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I was a senior in high school and my mom actually let me miss school one day so we could go shopping soon after it first opened, which was not her usual style.
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Clinton points out that women spend an average of 3,000 days with their periods, and girls in Africa miss school during these days because they don't have access to feminine products or clean water.
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In addition to the associated health risks, a lack of access to menstrual hygiene can cause women and girls to miss school, be kept out of the workplace, and become ostracized from their communities.
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" According to the documents, she also used the bathroom as a timeout room and fed the children "prohibited food items so as to cause gastrointestinal symptoms in an effort to cause them to miss school.
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That's why some advocates are fighting for free tampons and pads in all public bathrooms, so girls like these will never need to miss school over something as simple as a tampon or a pad.
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I was really fascinated when I learned periods are the No. 1 reason girls miss school in developing countries, and the single thing that leads to them dropping out of school and getting married early.
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According to the 2017 National School Climate Survey, almost 80 percent of LGBTQ students feel unsafe at school due to their sexual orientation, causing them to miss school and avoid school bathrooms and locker rooms.
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Residents report frequent skin problems, intestinal bugs and diarrhea, which compels those who can afford it to spend more money on "jugs" of potable water, and forces those who can't to miss school or workdays.
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According to a 2011 report by Mobile Crèches, about seven in 10 children on construction sites are malnourished; newborns are often deprived of the health benefits of breast-feeding, and older children frequently miss school.
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At Wadleigh, administrators tend to view Kinvolved as a detection system for habitual absenteeism — not as a means to address underlying problems, like family illnesses, job loss or homelessness, which may cause students to miss school.
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Last November, the city struggled with its worst pollution in nearly 20 years, which forced about a million children to miss school, while thousands of workers reported sick and queues formed outside shops selling face masks.
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Yet as many as half the girls in rural parts of Ethiopia miss school for reasons related to their periods -- and that can have a devastating effect on their education and the rest of their lives.
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Read more about Woody Faircloth and his work Freweini Mebrahtu: Removing the cultural stigma around women's periods Her cause: Menstruation is considered taboo in Ethiopia, and girls often miss school or drop out because of their periods.
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But as many as one in ten students in the UK miss school because of their periods, and people have resorted to shoplifting or using unsafe materials like old socks, rags and newspaper to staunch their flow.
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Jordan Ellenberg: I was really lucky as a kid to grow up in a school system that was quite flexible, letting me miss school hours to bus over to the University of Maryland and learn math there.
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"Just having access to this reusable product can eliminate some of the struggles girls experience when they can't leave the house and have to miss school or work because they don't have sanitary products," Dr. Espinal said.
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Nepali girls sent away from their homes miss school during these periods of confinement, are often not fed adequately, may not be allowed to bathe and can become sick, as such huts are often poorly built and insulated.
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Beyonce, 35, said more than two million people in Burundi spend more than 30 minutes a day collecting water, forcing children to miss school and putting girls in particular danger as they walk miles in search of wells.
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The gradual spread of the coronavirus throughout the U.S. has derailed the travel and hospitality industries, forced thousands of students to miss school and prompted warnings for older and vulnerable Americans to limit time outside of the home.
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I feel that if a student is absent from school just because they are depressed that does not hinder their ability to learn or put any other students in harm so they have no real reason to miss school.
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A recent report published by Dr. Onabanjo's agency noted that there is powerful evidence that girls are more likely to miss school or even drop out if they're unable to manage their cycle, sometimes because of teasing over their periods.
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NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than a third of girls in South Asia miss school during their periods, often because they lack access to toilets or pads, and many receive no education about menstruation before reaching puberty, a study showed on Tuesday.
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This school year, students who regularly miss school have been paired with an adult in the building who makes home visits and daily phone calls to encourage families to get their children to school, and to follow up when they do not.
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In a Canadian study conducted in 2005, 51 percent of women who got regular periods "reported that their activities had been limited" by the pain they experienced during menstruation, and 17 percent said they'd had to miss school or work because of their periods.
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But the practice also faces criticism for putting children at risk and international organizations called for an end to what they say is the "exploitation" of vulnerable children, many of whom miss school to prepare for races, and work long hours for low wages at large stables.
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Watch: The Activists Making Sure Kids Don't Miss School Because of Their Periods The program facilitators told ten of us we'd gain an in-depth knowledge of gender issues, and would be trained up to challenge sexism, homophobia, and transphobia among students and teachers at school.
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The announcement comes after a two-year campaign started by Amika George, 19, who had read reports that schoolgirls in the northern city of Leeds were using newspaper, socks and toilet paper because they could not afford sanitary products and would sometimes miss school to avoid embarrassment.
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MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Children as young as eight miss school and toil in hazardous conditions to make shoes for the global market in Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal, campaigners said, calling on shoe brands to work with the local government to clean up their supply chains.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police killed at least two suspected drug traffickers on Monday during a day-long shootout in the hills overlooking one of Rio de Janeiro's wealthiest districts, the latest in a wave of violent clashes that elsewhere in the city caused 8,000 children to miss school.
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According to Plan International UK, a girls' rights charity, thousands of young women across Britain miss school regularly because they cannot afford to buy products for their period, and more than one in 10 girls have had to improvise sanitary products — by using old clothes or newspapers, for example.
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She was, as the company's origin story goes, first inspired to donate a portion of Thinx's proceeds to support women's organizations in the developing world when she learned that millions of girls there miss school because of lack of access to menstrual supplies and the shame associated with periods.
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With this letter, it hopes to add more activists by bringing attention to startling facts surrounding education in developing nations, such as how girls often miss school when they're on their periods, are married off while they're still children, and have children when they're still of schooling age, among other issues.
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The Legal Aid Society, where Mr. Banks was once attorney in chief, has taken issue with an intake process that requires homeless parents to bring their children along when applying for shelter, forcing the children to miss school, and has accused the city of discriminating against homeless people with disabilities.
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The lawsuit tries to justify the $1 billion claim by alleging that Apple and SIS caused harm to Bah by their wrongful actions, including causing him to be arrested by the NYPD at his home in four in the morning, forcing him to miss school and a midterm exam, which then hurt his grades.
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