The Oscar-winning film sheds light on the ways in which women and girls in developing nations are directly impacted by menstrual stigma and barriers to reproductive health care access and education, and the activism that provided a foundation for the film’s story was made possible, in part, by the support of women and girls a world away in Los Angeles, in the Oakwood School’s Girls Learn International chapter. also spotlights the other side to this issue: Persistent period stigma prevents women and girls around the world from claiming their right to menstrual equity.