Half of the world’s population have periods – yet people are often embarrassed to talk about them. Lauren Layfield meets experts, celebrities and children to find out more about periods, people’s attitudes towards them and why it’s important to open up the conversation.
Let’s Talk About Periods: A Newsround Special will be on the CBBC channel on Monday 8th March at 7pm and on BBC iPlayer from 6am, and on the Newsround website too.