The Black Women’s Health Imperative has been working hard to build awareness about menstrual product insecurities through our Positive Period! Campaign. The campaign aims to address this challenge among marginalized women, women who are poor, homeless, detained, or incarcerated, as well as among low-income school girls, who are unable to buy menstrual supplies. 

Is this really an issue? YES!

• A recent survey of low-income women in the St. Louis area published by Obstetrics & Gynecology found that 64 percent of the women surveyed had been unable to afford period products during the previous year and 21 percent experienced this problem on a monthly basis. Almost half had times during the past year when they had to choose between food and period products. 
• Low income high school girls miss on average 2-3 days of school each month in the US, and these young women share the stigma of menstrual insecurity and its effect on their education in common with girls in Rwanda.

The generous support of our donors will help us donate a minimum of 2,000 menstrual cups to women and girls in Kigali, Rwanda and in select cities in the United States.