Before Girls Helping Girls. Period. was even an official non-profit, its founders (Emma and Quinn, at about ages 12 and 15) were talking to adults about the importance of supporting those who struggle to pay for menstrual products and the need for pads and tampons in...
We’re dealing with a bit of disappointment this week at Girls Helping Girls. Period. HQ. We’re also really mad, frankly… and nothing fuels our fire quiet like anger.🔥 We got news that A3388, the bill in the NJ Legislature that would ensure that...
Ok, class. It’s the beginning of October. Enough goofing off, time for a math lesson. The vast majority of schools (middle, high and college) do not provide menstrual products free to students in the bathrooms (where they are needed). At best, those schools have an...
Thousands of students will miss school this year due to an issue that is solvable if we all took just a few simple, effective, and fairly inexpensive steps. (Not talking about masks, but those are needed, too!) Here are four things you should know about period poverty...
Let’s take a trip down the road to Menstrual Equity, shall we? The destination features equal access to needed period products and education, but the journey will be a bumpy one, so hang on. Just ten years ago the landscape looked a lot different with...
