Menstrual Equity Project
Students for Reproductive Justice, a group of Loyola University Chicago students, initiated the Menstrual Equity Project. Starting in 2016, they advocated for free menstrual products throughout Loyola bathrooms, stocking bathrooms themselves. They then began to work with Facilities, and Facilities continues their mission, which is as they say:
”These goods are not only cost prohibitive, but we would like to shift the general perception towards the idea that they are just as necessary as toilet paper, which an institution like a university readily provides free of charge. Additionally, we want these products to be readily available to all individuals that menstruate.”
Thanks to their activism, Loyola is committed to providing free menstrual products in both the men’s and women’s restrooms on the ground floor of all buildings, as well as in all gender neutral non residence hall facilities.
Students for Reproductive Justice, a group of Loyola University Chicago students, initiated the Menstrual Equity Project. Starting in 2016, they advocated for free menstrual products throughout Loyola bathrooms, stocking bathrooms themselves. They then began to work with Facilities, and Facilities continues their mission, which is as they say:
”These goods are not only cost prohibitive, but we would like to shift the general perception towards the idea that they are just as necessary as toilet paper, which an institution like a university readily provides free of charge. Additionally, we want these products to be readily available to all individuals that menstruate.”
Thanks to their activism, Loyola is committed to providing free menstrual products in both the men’s and women’s restrooms on the ground floor of all buildings, as well as in all gender neutral non residence hall facilities.