JOIN THE GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION TO END PERIOD POVERTY AND STIGMA
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Be the first to know what's going on for PAD 2026.WHAT IS PERIOD POVERTY?
Period poverty is the limited or inadequate access to menstrual products or menstrual health education as a result of financial constraints or negative socio-cultural stigmas associated with menstruation.
In the United States…
1 in 4 students struggle
to afford period products
Source: State of the Period Study, PERIOD. & Thinx, Inc.
Every second Saturday of October is Period Action Day (PAD). This global day of action is all about making waves to end period poverty and stigma, celebrating the youth activists pushing for menstrual equity, and rallying people around the world to join the movement.
Dreamed up by PERIOD., a nonprofit on a mission to end period poverty and stigma once and for all, we invite you to join us for our 7th annual Period Action Day on Saturday, October 10, 2026!
WHAT IS PERIOD ACTION DAY?
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PERIOD. is a global youth-fueled nonprofit that strives to eradicate period poverty and stigma through service, education, and advocacy. Through the distribution of menstrual products, promotion of youth leadership, and championing of menstrual equity in policy, PERIOD. aims to center those disproportionately affected by period poverty and support local efforts for menstrual equity.
Learn more here.
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