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Period Poverty: Achieving Menstrual Equity In Bowling Green, Ohio, Courtney Foerg
Period Poverty: Achieving Menstrual Equity In Bowling Green, Ohio, Courtney Foerg
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Period poverty is the persistent lack of access to sanitary products, menstrual hygiene education, and sanitary facilities (Alvarez, 2019). Until quite recently, it has received very little attention in the United States. This project proved the prevalence and relevance of period poverty in the United States. As an applied research project this project acted upon this finding and aimed to help combat period poverty in the Bowling Green, OH community. This paper details the process and results of a campus menstrual products drive and social media advocacy campaign to address the stigma of menstruation in the United States. The overall …