What We Live and Breathe: Expert Insights on Inclusivity in U.K. Period Poverty Initiatives

Emerging research explores lived experiences of period poverty in the United Kingdom. However, there is a gap in knowledge about how period poverty initiatives tailor their service provision for inclusion of diverse individuals. Drawing on interviews with 14 key experts, this article explores how these initiatives enact inclusivity in practice by expanding what accessibility means and entails. Findings reveal how actors work to expand access to period products, menstrual education, and inclusive language, while navigating persistent structural barriers. By challenging assimilationist discourses and exposing systemic constraints, these initiatives reclaim inclusivity as an embodied, context-responsive practice that moves beyond performative policy rhetoric.