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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which nation has become the world’s first country to provide free sanitary products to all students in a bid to tackle ‘period poverty’?
A
France
B
Italy
C
Canada
D
Scotland
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed the decision at the time. “Proud to vote for this groundbreaking legislation, making Scotland the first country in the world to provide free period products for all who need them,” she wrote on her Twitter account. “An important policy for women and girls."

Detailed explanation-2: -Scotland Is The First Country To Make Period Products Free | World Economic Forum.

Detailed explanation-3: -Scotland becomes first country to make period products free for all - The Hindu.

Detailed explanation-4: -Disposable menstrual pads grew from a Benjamin Franklin invention created to help stop wounded soldiers from bleeding, but appear to have been first commercially available from around 1880 with Thomas and William Southall’s pad.

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