The Utah Period Project has been successful in making menstrual products available in places like public K-12 schools and higher education. The next goal is to make the products available in the workplace.
For women, it may seem like a no-brainer to have menstrual products available in the workplace, but the nonprofit organization Utah Policy Project said more businesses need to start offering them.
"Half of women who are living in poverty have to choose on the monthly, between purchasing period products and purchasing a meal from their family," Bell McCormick said. "If you have kids, if you have a family, you know the choices that those women are making." On Wednesday, Utah business executives and leaders learned more about the importance and benefits of providing period products to employees. The initiative hopes to redefine the 21st-century bathroom to include not only things like toilet paper, soap, and paper towels but period products as well.
Bell McCormick said, "Addressing basic menstrual needs is probably the one way, the most easy and least expensive way, that you can create and invest in gender equality and inclusion in workplaces."
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