OUR IMPACT | Menstrual Equity

Recognizing that lack of access to affordable menstrual products creates health risks and a higher level of absenteeism from work and school for women living in poverty, the United Nations has declared menstrual hygiene a public-health, gender-quality, and human rights issue.  

At the federal level, we believe that menstrual products should be eligible for Flexible Spending account allowances and that food stamps and women, infants, and children nutrition allowance should be expanded to allow those funds to be used for the purchase of menstrual products.  Closer to home, we believe that menstrual products should be provided for free in public schools, at municipal public facilities, and at homeless shelters run by counties and/or municipalities.

Our advocates are working on a proactive agenda to create menstrual equity at every level of governance, and we are proud to support those efforts.