by admin | Jul 28, 2025 | Resources
Period Poverty rarely occurs in isolation. It often travels through generations, entangled with poverty, limited healthcare, and gender-based stigma. When menstruation becomes a barrier to school, work, or mental health, the consequences echo across family lines....
by admin | Jul 28, 2025 | Resources
Menstrual products are a basic necessity, but for many Americans, they are unaffordable. Despite being required monthly, period products are not covered by most public assistance programs, and they are taxed as non-essential items in several states. For households...
by admin | Jul 28, 2025 | Resources
Period Poverty places strain on more than just physical health. A growing body of evidence shows that it also erodes mental health, particularly among women and girls who are forced to conceal their needs or compromise their safety to manage menstruation....
by admin | Jul 28, 2025 | Resources
Roughly one in every thirty high school students in the United States experienced homelessness during the 2024-2025 school year. For the Class of 2025, that meant tens of thousands faced graduation without housing security. Many were unaccompanied youth, disconnected...
by admin | Jul 28, 2025 | Resources
New national data confirms that Period Poverty affects 41.9% of women in the United States. This translates to nearly two in five women having struggled at some point to access basic menstrual products. The figure underscores what advocates, and frontline providers...
by admin | Feb 13, 2025 | Resources
Generational poverties – like Period Poverty – perpetuate cycles of economic inequality, limiting opportunities for upward mobility. Chronic poverty can result in a lack of financial literacy passed down from parents to children, hindering economic...
