period poverty

Activists in menstrual health and equity discuss how destigmatizing menstruation, improving health outcomes, and achieving reproductive justice are all interconnected.

This oral history project shows how prisons weaponize menstruation -- violating the right to menstruate with dignity and making menstrual products inaccessible to those who are incarcerated.

Scholars based in France and the US have completed a comparative study that measures how climate-friendly different menstrual products are.

Observations and lessons from Black and Latine students in Chicago who are pushing back against period shame and period poverty in their schools.

The first review of its kind, this article analyzes homeless women's experiences of period poverty in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Nepal. It identifies helpful policies and highlights period poverty as a public health and human rights issue.

Scholars, activists, and policy makers gathered at the Menstruation, Law, and Justice Symposium to make important policy proposals for menstrual education, health, and justice. What did they recommend?

Yasmine AlSayyad sums up new efforts to better understand periods and the female reproductive system. The article highlights two recent books: "Womb" by midwife Leah Hazard and "Period" by anthropologist Kate Clancy.

Érica Carnevalli reports on what happens when low income women and women living in poverty cannot afford the menstrual products that they need. How can we use education and legislation to end period poverty?

Our Bodies Ourselves content expert Eva Marie Carney discusses menstrual poverty, her work with Indigenous students and communities, and the founding of The Kwek Society.

I worked as a teacher and coach in a medium security prison in Sogamoso, Colombia. I have seen many shocking things in my work Particularly upsetting is the paltry number of menstrual pads (about 25 per year) that women inmates receive.

Find organizations and groups who are working to challenge menstrual taboos and fighting for safe and accessible menstrual products and medical care.

Our content expert Margaret Johnson co-authored this article that advocates for universal, comprehensive, in-depth menstrual education.