Issue
End Period Poverty. Champion Menstrual Dignity.
Menstrual dignity means ending stigma, breaking harmful gender norms, and making menstrual products affordable and available. With your support, every girl can stay in school, thrive, and bleed with pride.
Isolation, exclusion, and bullying affect 9 in 10 women, girls, and gender-diverse people. Beyond the pain, it keeps girls out of school and pushes women out of work and community life.
We asked women, girls, men, and boys in 9 countries what menstrual dignity means to them. Here’s what they told us:
Period stigma thrives in silence. By breaking the silence and teaching menstrual health in families, schools, and communities, we end shame and empower women, girls, and gender-diverse people to bleed with pride.
Menstruation should never cost a girl her education. Yet 1 in 4 girls are excluded from class during menstruation, and 1 in 3 are teased by teachers. By providing menstrual health education and affordable products, we make schools safe and supportive so girls can learn every day.
When accurate information is missing, myths spread and menstruation is treated as impure. Through menstrual health education in schools and community programs with girls, boys, parents, and leaders, we challenge harmful gender norms and create supportive environments where menstrual dignity is respected.
No one should be denied dignity because they can’t afford pads or cups. Yet 9 in 10 surveyed lacked access to the products they need. By working with social enterprises, we’re putting menstrual cups and reusable pads into the hands of those who need them most—so every person can bleed with pride.
122.5K
Menstrual hygiene products distributed between 2023-2024
These include 2,000 menstrual cups donated by Fòs Feminista to community-based partners in Brazil and Mexico to support women’s and girls’ access to free menstrual hygiene products.
Teen leader for menstrual dignity
After I understood what menstrual dignity was, I felt an enormous desire to make a difference in the lives of women and girls like me.Manuela Itajaci, peer educator for Black girls
Instituto Odara, Brazil
With Fòs Feminista partners WGNRR together with Wagayway Equality, we engaged student council leaders to examine the links between menstruation and gender diversity in order to strengthen inclusive, rights-based approaches to menstrual dignity within SOGIESC advocacy.
Fòs Feminista partner EVA led a national advocacy effort—alongside other Fòs Feminista partners—to establish Nigeria’s first policy, which was approved in August 2025. The new policy recognizes menstrual health as a matter of dignity, equity, and human rights.
In 2024, Fòs Feminista donated menstrual cups to our partner Redes da Maré, a community-led organization located in the Maré favelas of Rio de Janeiro. These cups give girls a sustainable way to manage their periods—and the chance to stay in school with dignity.
Alongside partners in 9 countries, Fòs Feminista challenges menstrual stigma and ensures access to essential products—so women and girls can live with dignity, equality, and opportunity.
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