In the United States of America, 1 in 4 teens and 1 in 3 adults struggle to afford period products, especially teens of colour and low-income households. May 28 2024, marks World Menstrual Hygiene Day, BELL Organization partnered with Council Members Amanda Farias, Farah Louis and organizations such as For Women By Women Period and Planned ParentHood to highlight the importance of menstrual health, which must be recognized as the complete physical, mental, and social well-being of women and girls in relation to their menstrual cycles. Menstrual hygiene is the ability of women and adolescent girls to manage their menstruation in a hygienic manner, with dignity, using and having access to clean menstrual absorbents, and having access to facilities for changing in privacy, as well as for washing their bodies and hands.
