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The Inseparability of Pride and Period Equity
What do pride and period equity have in common? More than you might think!  1. Social movements rooted in protest.  Both pride and mens...
18 June 2025
Creating Menstrual Equity: On MH Day and Beyond
May 28 is Menstrual Health Day (MH Day*) – an annual, global awareness day that mobilizes governments, organizations, and individuals in over...
12 June 2025
Partners in Equity: How Canadian Period Brands Are Creating Change
On May 28th, we are working with communities across the country to celebrate and acknowledge Menstrual Health Day; a global day to take action by t...
15 May 2025
The Politics of Periods: Why Menstrual Equity Needs Your Civic Engagement
Our work in supplying period products to those who need them is essential, but it’s also a temporary solution to some serious policy gaps.&nb...
18 April 2025
The menstrual future we’re creating: On International Women’s Day, and everyday after it.
As a woman-led and founded charity advancing gender equity, International Women’s Day is so important to us.  It’s an opportunity...
7 March 2025
Intersectionality Defined: Cause if it’s not intersectional, we don’t want it!
Intersectionality Defined: Cause if it’s not intersectional, we don’t want it! 

There’s no menstrual equity without interse...
12 February 2025
7 Actionable Ways Your Organization Can Advance Menstrual Equity
7 Actionable Ways Your Organization Can Advance Menstrual Equity From solo enterprises, to nonprofits, to mega-corporations – any organizati...
15 January 2025
We can’t reach menstrual equity without transgender awareness.
Because society has wrongly framed periods as a “women’s issue,” the barriers to healthy periods faced by trans and nonbinary men...
8 December 2024
Menstrual cups are awesome, but they’re not the only solution to period poverty.
Why menstrual cups are awesome, but not the only solution to period poverty. Love them or not, menstrual cups were an amazing addition to the mens...
14 October 2024
The Power of Inclusive and Shame-Free Period Education
Do you remember the first time you learned about periods in school?  Everyone’s experience is different; mine was in grade 4.  Th...
17 September 2024
The Inseparability of Pride and Period Equity
18 June 2025
What do pride and period equity have in common? More than you might think!  1. Social movements rooted in protest.  Both pride and menstrual equity represent a refusal to accept systemi...
Creating Menstrual Equity: On MH Day and Beyond
12 June 2025
May 28 is Menstrual Health Day (MH Day*) – an annual, global awareness day that mobilizes governments, organizations, and individuals in over 75 countries for a period-friendly world.  ...
Partners in Equity: How Canadian Period Brands Are Creating Change
15 May 2025
On May 28th, we are working with communities across the country to celebrate and acknowledge Menstrual Health Day; a global day to take action by talking openly about periods, challenge stigma, and...
The Politics of Periods: Why Menstrual Equity Needs Your Civic Engagement
18 April 2025
Our work in supplying period products to those who need them is essential, but it’s also a temporary solution to some serious policy gaps.  Access to menstrual products isn’t a lu...
The menstrual future we’re creating: On International Women’s Day, and everyday after it.
7 March 2025
As a woman-led and founded charity advancing gender equity, International Women’s Day is so important to us.  It’s an opportunity to celebrate how far we’ve come and everyon...
Intersectionality Defined: Cause if it’s not intersectional, we don’t want it!
12 February 2025
Intersectionality Defined: Cause if it’s not intersectional, we don’t want it! 

There’s no menstrual equity without intersectionality. In fact, there’s no equity at al...
7 Actionable Ways Your Organization Can Advance Menstrual Equity
15 January 2025
7 Actionable Ways Your Organization Can Advance Menstrual Equity From solo enterprises, to nonprofits, to mega-corporations – any organization can make a HUGE impact in the menstrual equity ...
We can’t reach menstrual equity without transgender awareness.
8 December 2024
Because society has wrongly framed periods as a “women’s issue,” the barriers to healthy periods faced by trans and nonbinary menstruators are often neglected.  1. A Heighte...
Menstrual cups are awesome, but they’re not the only solution to period poverty.
14 October 2024
Why menstrual cups are awesome, but not the only solution to period poverty. Love them or not, menstrual cups were an amazing addition to the menstrual care market:  They’re enviro...
The Power of Inclusive and Shame-Free Period Education
17 September 2024
Do you remember the first time you learned about periods in school?  Everyone’s experience is different; mine was in grade 4.  The year was 2010. My parents had to sign a permissi...

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