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A 2021 national survey of teens who menstruate, funded by period underwear company Thinx and advocacy group PERIOD, found that one in four couldn’t afford menstrual products and four in 10 felt ...
These places then place the products in bathrooms, free for use, to ensure students who need these products have access. Monthlies Project provides period products to over 100 schools and ...
These students are facing what advocates call "period poverty," meaning that they or their families can't afford to buy menstrual supplies, which can cost upwards of $20 per cycle.
A nonprofit partnership will provide free tampons and pads in Duval County's Title I schools, which have many students from low-income families. 'Period poverty': Free menstrual products now ...
Within the Global North, tampon activism has been strong and well-supported. Countries are moving forward and either removing tampon taxes or providing free menstrual products. In 2018 the Scottish Government moved forward and became the first country to provide free menstrual products for students at schools and universities. [110]
Rep. Cynthia Roe filed House Bill 3329 to require middle and high schools to place free pads and tampons in all female and gender-neutral restrooms. Millwood program sets stage for bills that ...
Scotland offers its residents free period products while Kenya and New Zealand offer free period products for students in public schools. [41] In Australia, the state of Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory are rolling out access to free period products in public places, [ 42 ] and period products have been freely available in ...
Currently, only a handful of states in the U.S., including California, Virginia and most recently Utah, provide free menstrual products to students in public school.