Package Sorting – 4/14/21
In our most recent Women’s Health Club Meeting, we sorted a new round of 100 packages to be distributed around Westchester. In…
Package Distribution: Winter 2021
Due to roadblocks we have faced as a result of COVID-19, a few of our projects had to be put on hold….
Welcome!
This page is for updates so that you can stay aware of our projects going forward. You can expect to see new…
Menstrual Health and Hygiene: Girls Speak
Beatrice Munyiva, International Medical Corps
Though on May 28 of every year the world comes together to recognize Menstrual Hygiene Day, menstruation still remains a taboo subject in some parts of the world. In Somalia…
Periods Don’t Stop for Pandemics – Neither Will Our Efforts to Bring Safe Menstrual Hygiene to Women and Girls
The World Bank
Periods don’t stop for pandemics. Every day, some 800 million women and girls menstruate. Being able to manage their menstruation safely, hygienically, and with…
30 states have until Tax Day 2021 to eliminate their tampon tax
Tax Free Period
When we launched the Tax Free. Period. campaign last June, we gave states a deadline of April 15th — Tax Day 2020 — to remove the discriminatory tampon tax. Up until recently, our campaign has worked…
The History of the Tampon Tax
Tax Free Period
From our own campaign to end the tampon tax by April 15, 2020, to the rallies organized nationwide this week, there has been a lot of talk about the tampon tax. But it is hardly a new issue…
Period Stigma Around the World and What to Do About It
Kindara
Having a period has long been a source of stigma for women all over the globe. Internationally, we humans don’t agree on a lot, but apparently for a long time we agreed that…
The Pad Project
Too Little Children
The Pad Project makes washable, re-useable maxi pads for girls and women in impoverished areas of around the world.
Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2019
116th Congress (2019-2020)