Low income women and those struggling to get off the streets or to make ends meet, still have to deal with their period every month. Regardless of if they have money for rent or food, they still have to deal with the functions of the female body, and we want to insure they can access menstrual products regardless of the socioeconomic status. 

Help us provide females in homeless shelters, high schools and prisons with menstrual products so they live with more dignity.

Across the U.S., women struggle with the extra cost to ensure their basic personal needs are covered. The Huffington Post reports, “On average, a woman has her period from three to seven days and the average woman menstruates from age 13 until age 51. That means the average woman endures some 456 total periods over 38 years, or roughly 2,280 days with her period — 6.25 years of her life… 70 percent of women use tampons. You’re instructed to change your tampon every 4 to 8 hours, so we’ll use 6 hours as an average. A box containing 36 tampons costs $7 at Walgreens. 1 tampon every 6 hours = 4 tampons per day x 5 days of a period = 20 tampons per cycle x 456 periods = 9,120 tampons. At 36 tampons per box, that’s 253.3 boxes x $7 = $1,773.33."  Statista, the statistics portal defines feminine hygiene products as, Feminine hygiene products include all sanitary paper made from pulp, used by women during menstruation e.g. tampons, sanitary pads, liners and similar products.” They state, “Revenue in the Feminine Hygiene segment amounts to US$2,729m in 2018. The market is expected to grow annually by 3.1% (CAGR 2018-2021). In global comparison, most revenue is generated in China (US$4,070m in 2018). In relation to total population figures, per person revenues of US$8.31 are generated in 2018."

Femme Freedom has collected thousands of pads, tampons, pantyliners and diapers for women in Philadelphia being supported by the Office of Homeless Services in the past five years and will continue to offset this supply need until there is legislation to change this situation. We are looking for our voices to be heard, supporting women in need of these products and ending the discrimination that women suffer, alone. All Women deserve the dignity of proper hygiene during our menstrual cycles regardless of our backgrounds. Please join forces with us to fight back against this stigma by sponsoring legislation to provide for people in shelters, prisons and high schools in our great City of Brotherly Love and beyond.

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Check out what NYC has done: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/free-tampons-nyc_us_56f2b2a5e4b02c402f65d9d7