The Period Purse™ is Canada’s first registered charity dedicated to menstrual equity and continues to be a leader in this space. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario we provide free period products through our community partners; while our advocacy and education programs extend from coast to coast.
For menstruation to be understood and treated with dignity and for period products to be free for all.
We are committed to taking positive action to end the discriminatory stigma associated with menstruation.
As a collective and with our partners in the community, we are determined to pursue all ways of affecting positive change for all people who menstruate, for generations to come.
She was then committed to filling one purse with menstrual products in her car for the next time she encountered a person in need.
With everything to fill the purse at home, Jana was just missing the physical bag. So, she asked her local Facebook group if anyone had a spare purse to donate as she had an idea with a “period purse”.
Within three weeks, Jana received 350 purses filled with donated products, was featured in local media, and The Period Purse™ was born, sparking a menstrual movement across Canada.
The Period Purse™ was the first Canadian registered charity in 2019 dedicated to menstrual equity. Each month the charity donates thousands of period products and provides education to break the stigma of periods and advocates for long lasting policy changes on all levels of government.
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We respectfully acknowledge the land we live and work on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinabewaki, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Mississauga, and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
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