The high cost of menstrual products, stigma, and the lack of water and sanitation facilities drive period poverty around the world. 

Around 16.9 million people who menstruate live in poverty in the United States*

Among this group, two thirds of women struggle to afford menstrual products**

Bhuchitra Singh, Jiahui Zhang, and James Segars, “Period Poverty and the Menstrual Product Tax in the United States,” Obstetrics & Gynecology 135 (May 2020): 68S, https://doi.org/10.1097/01.AOG.0000665164.05365.d0.

**Katherine Andersh et al., “Period Poverty: A Risk Factor for People Who Menstruate in Stem,” Intersectional Science Policy 18, no. 4 (September 27, 2021), https://doi.org/10.38126/jspg180401. 

In New York 1 in 7 women and girls between the age of 12 and 44 lives below the Federal Poverty Level.

A study by U by Kotex found that two in five people have struggled to purchase period products, and seven out of ten people agree that period poverty is a public health issue.*

It's a basic need for half of the population, all women and girls should have access to the menstrual necessities

*Initiative, T. B. (2024, July 17). Period poverty - alliance for period supplies. Alliance for Period Supplies - It’s that time. “https://allianceforperiodsupplies.org/period-poverty/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvpy5BhDTARIsAHSilynjUZnrKF7jSmTCj7posnUSv-ou7-TzqUqfbS3-1NkUkS5LYvjgFmkaAl29EALw_wcB

It can affect women and girls, mental health, missing employment & school, and interfering with daily life activities

We are working hard to provide access to menstrual products to those affected by period poverty through distribution, education, and advocacy for menstrual equity.