The Australian federal government has lifted the 10% tax on menstrual products including tampons, pads and menstrual cups. Finally considered as a necessity rather than a luxury item, saying goodbye to the tax will make the products more accessible to the country’s most impoverished.

Thinx reimagined period-friendly pants, and it's now moving into tampons. The brand's new offerings are fully organic and sustainable, but the beauty lies in the packaging, which replaces the typical euphenisms used by other manufacturers with images of actual tampons and vaginas.

Bodyform’s ‘Blood’ commercial is the first to tackle the physical manifestation of having a period. Vials of blue liquid and grinning, rollerblading models have been replaced with blood from powerful sportswomen. Does this advert represent real women’s attitudes to menstruation?

The US education system is failing to teach young women and men the basics of menstruation, so brands are stepping in to fill the gap. What are period-advocacy brands and their products doing to fight the stigma and teach young women about their reproductive health?