PORTLAND, Ore. , Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This upcoming Saturday, October 12th, 2024 , activists around the world are joining together to celebrate Period Action Day (presented by The Aerie Real Foundation TM ) by raising awareness and taking action against period poverty and stigma.
Celebrated every second Saturday in October, this annual day of action was created by advocacy organization PERIOD. in 2019. This year, activists from PERIOD.
chapters and nonprofit community partners are hosting over 60 events around the world, including menstrual product drives, rallies and educational events, to demand accessible period products for students in schools and an end to the discriminatory sales tax on period products, which still exists in 20 United States. N early 1 in 4 students in the U.S.
struggle to afford period products. That unfortunate reality is even more prevalent for adults, where nearly 1 in 3 people cannot afford products. Although classified as medical necessities , accessibility and affordability of menstrual products is often overlooked.
The same is true for comprehensive menstrual health education. The biological process of menstruation is shared by over half of the American population and should be prioritized as such through state and federal policies. "This Period Action Day, we call on policymakers to listen to the demands of youth, and make period products less expensive and easily available.
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