California is poised to become the next state to require schools to teach students about menstruation after legislation passed both chambers—making it one of the few to have a requirement for ...

Sherie de Wet's Palesa Pads are tackling period poverty by providing safe, sustainable alternatives to harmful menstrual products in South Africa.

Celebrate International Women’s Day early at Indiana University South Bend by supporting girls’ education in Malawi through ...

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Through his nonprofit, Ajume Wingo, CU Boulder associate professor of philosophy, is providing sanitary pads and menstrual education in his home country, Cameroon Several years ago, Ajume Wingo was ...

Tamara Abney recalled going into the restroom and realizing her period started. She searched her purse multiple times — nothing. She looked through bags she was carrying and pants and jacket pockets — ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In five frequented bathrooms across the Texas A&M University campus, women can find free pads and tampons. These menstrual products were provided by a student organization, the Period ...

Growing up, Bushra Mahnoor dreaded getting her period. It meant shame, stigma and, often, missing school. As an adolescent in Pakistan with four sisters, she says there were never enough period ...

PANORA — Arilyan Steenblock never expected a simple — and common — request for a tampon to become a calling. Last school year, the then-freshman and her friend were hanging up posters in a Panorama ...

Update: The event planned for Jan. 17 will switch to drop-off only, not an in-person event. A group of Sioux Falls women are working to raise money and collect menstrual products to benefit both The ...