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Free Tampons and Pads are Making Their Way to U.S. Colleges, High Schools and Middle SchoolsWhen students at Brown University head to their first class or hit the gym for their first workout this week, they’ll find something new in many campus bathrooms: free tampons and pads. Brown’s student body president, Viet Nguyen, who’s pushed the student-led initiative, will be hand-delivering menstrual products into all non-residential bathrooms with the help of 20 other students. “There’s been a lot of conversation about why pads and tampons are a necessity, not a luxury, but not...
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New York Makes History, with Tampons and PadsNew York City made history today with passage of the nation’s first legislative package to ensure access to menstrual products in public schools, shelters, and corrections facilities. In doing so, New York has stepped out as a leader in a growing national and global movement for menstrual equity. The city’s new laws acknowledge that the ability to manage menstruation falls squarely at the intersection of sound health, economic, and educational policy. The need to tackle this...
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Students Demand Free Tampons on CampusStudent activists at the University of Arizona issued a list of demands on Tuesday that included urging the university to provide free tampons and menstrual pads on campus. The demand was immediately mocked by some conservative commentators (“campus crybullies demand racial quotas, free tampons,” the Breitbart headline reads), but the request is not unusual. It’s a call that is becoming increasingly common on college campuses, and one that some institutions...
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