Accessible and affordable menstrual products facilitate full participation in education and society more generally.
. Once, during a climate conference for political leaders, she suddenly started her period but did not have any menstrual products on hand. She went to every bathroom, the nurse’s station and the volunteer station in search of a pad or tampon, but none could be found.
Based on research conducted for the Period Project, the United States does a poor job overall of ensuring access to menstrual products, even as some states are increasingly expanding access to free menstrual products in schools and prisons. Indeed, much work remains. As, our findings will be detailed in Period Project Report Cards this fall, which will assign each state and the District of Columbia a grade on an A–F scale to evaluate their progress toward menstrual equity.
The Period Project reflects more than a year of research looking at each state, and its efforts to bring about menstrual equity. However, women in state legislatures are pushing a new agenda and it’s worth paying attention. Within the last five years, over a dozen states passed laws to require that menstrual products be made available free of charge in at least some schools—up from zero. Some cities have also stepped up., for example, require that free products be made available in all public schools.
These advancements toward achieving menstrual equity are important, but should also include a nuanced lens that takes into account the needs of gender nonconforming and transgender youth who also need and deserve access to menstrual products. These youth face even greater obstacles to menstrual product accessibility due to stigma and practical challenges.
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