Recognizing Menstrual Hygiene Day and Addressing Period Poverty
This House Resolution recognizes Menstrual Hygiene Day and highlights the issue of lack of access to menstrual products, affecting millions in the U.S. It points out how period poverty impacts health, education, and economic opportunities, encouraging actions to improve access to these products.
Key points
Highlights that lack of access to menstrual products (period poverty) affects 1 in 4 menstruators in the U.S., impacting their health and daily lives.
Notes that period poverty leads to missing work or school, deepening the cycle of poverty and limiting educational and professional opportunities.
Calls for increased research on access to menstrual health management and for the enactment of laws to comprehensively address this issue in the U.S. and globally.
Encourages the observance of Menstrual Hygiene Day to break the silence and raise awareness about menstrual hygiene.
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