{
  "id": 5214172,
  "title": "Theft of sanitary items demonstrates period poverty desperation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/theft-of-sanitary-items-demonstrates-period-poverty-desperation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T00:42:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/period-poverty-desperation-stealing-tampons-socks-sanitary-pads/107055266"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Using socks as sanitary pads, wearing tampons for more than two days and stealing products from supermarkets are some of the lengths women and girls are going to in order to manage their periods.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}