social justice

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.

This report, commissioned by Irise International and the Global Menstrual Collective, defines menstrual justice and addresses other areas of justice that overlap with menstrual justice. It provides case studies and recommendations for activists.

A chapter from Hesperian Health Guides highlights how community organizing can promote mental health and wellbeing

Alice Wong speaks with Julia Bascom and Robin Wilson-Beattie about disabled people's need for comprehensive sex education that is tailored to different learning styles and abilities, and representative of diverse experiences.

Abortion bans criminalize pregnant people. This NPR piece explains how, and traces the history of criminalizing pregnancy over the last 50 years.

We have the right to form and raise families in safe, healthy environments that are free of toxic chemicals. This fact sheet from “In Our Own Voice” shows how reproductive justice and environmental justice intersect.

How can housing help eliminate violence? This brief documentary highlights the community organizing by the House of Tulip, a safe house in Louisiana for trans and gender non-conforming people.

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?

This zine, created by nonbinary activist Ryan Backer, raises awareness of ageism within an intersectional context, by rethinking the binary of young versus old.

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 groups and organizations that are fighting back against ageism and working to support dignity and equality for old and aging people.