A group of young female entrepreneurs who are tackling period poverty with underwear that costs just £4 have won a prestigious business award.<br /><br />Sarah Bailey, Aurusha Kharas and Anushka Mahesh, all aged 22, hope their period pants will help improve menstrual hygiene across the developing world.<br /><br />Their company, The Even Project, has developed re-usable underwear for just a fraction of the current typical cost of £27.<br /><br />The product does not launch until March 2025, but they already have 44,000 pre-orders from NGOs, refugee camps, and humanitarian organisations. <br /><br />Now they have scooped £15,000 as one of the winners of the Santander X UK Awards 2024.
