Feminine Hygiene Products for FHS
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Women's Empowerment Club is a community at Fairview High School that is passionate about women's rights. Our mission is to create a safe space within Fairview to talk about women’s empowerment as well as intersectional feminism and the topics surrounding it without judgment.
Another important aspect of our club is taking action within Fairview for the bettering of its community. Currently., we are advocating for free feminine hygiene products in all of our women's bathrooms.
As Cordelia Longo, who successfully advocated for free feminine hygiene products in her school in Washingon, states: "Why are tissues and toilet paper provided free at school, but not sanitary pads and tampons?...As toilet paper and tissue are used for normal bodily functions, sanitary pads and tampons are also necessary to address normal bodily functions that happen naturally. The only difference is that only girls need pads. Girls do not choose to have periods. So girls are being penalized and made to pay for a bodily function they cannot control."
Additionally, not having access to free feminine hygiene products in our school bathrooms for women distracts students, provokes anxiety, and also leads students to resort to unsanitary or uncomfortable alternatives.
In order to address this issue, we are planning to buy baskets and feminine hygiene products for our school bathrooms for two weeks and record data about how much they are used to report back to our administration in hopes of change.
Join us in this effort by contributing whatever you can, anything helps!
Thank you for your time,
Fairview Women's Empowerment
Another important aspect of our club is taking action within Fairview for the bettering of its community. Currently., we are advocating for free feminine hygiene products in all of our women's bathrooms.
As Cordelia Longo, who successfully advocated for free feminine hygiene products in her school in Washingon, states: "Why are tissues and toilet paper provided free at school, but not sanitary pads and tampons?...As toilet paper and tissue are used for normal bodily functions, sanitary pads and tampons are also necessary to address normal bodily functions that happen naturally. The only difference is that only girls need pads. Girls do not choose to have periods. So girls are being penalized and made to pay for a bodily function they cannot control."
Additionally, not having access to free feminine hygiene products in our school bathrooms for women distracts students, provokes anxiety, and also leads students to resort to unsanitary or uncomfortable alternatives.
In order to address this issue, we are planning to buy baskets and feminine hygiene products for our school bathrooms for two weeks and record data about how much they are used to report back to our administration in hopes of change.
Join us in this effort by contributing whatever you can, anything helps!
Thank you for your time,
Fairview Women's Empowerment
Equipo de recaudación de fondos (2)
Malaika Pervez
Organizador
Boulder, CO
Sarah Huang
Team member
