User:Koketso K. Masenya/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Period poverty

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Period poverty is an issue that millions of women across the globe experience, gender inequality and economic justice are closely tied to the issue. My first impression on the article was that the causes of the period poverty were a bit lacking; it didnt tackle public policy measures being taken by governments, mainly focused on the US.

Evaluate the article

 * The lead isn't concise enough and doesn't tell the reader the main issues within period poverty. No brief description of the article's major sections.
 * I would say the article is needs to be updated; it can include discussions of addressing period poverty in educational institutions, the use of period poverty in prisons (wardens withholding menstrual products from inmates), period poverty and transmen etc. It doesn't address the intersections between period poverty and race,class and gender. It could also delve deeper into period poverty across the globe and how other governments are handling the issue, as a transnational issue- what are multilateral organisations guidelines about period poverty.
 * The sources used could be better- perhaps using more peer-reviewed articles, maybe introduce feminist perspectives to the topic of period poverty (how gender neutral/universalist takes towards policy fails to engage women's issues). The tone and balance of the article is a bit too personal and the organization needs work.