2022 Period Poverty Awareness Week (May 23rd – 29th)

Georgia STOMP celebrated Period Poverty Awareness Week 2022 by recognizing its member organizations who are working together to alleviate period poverty in Georgia!

Period Poverty Awareness week was established by the Alliance for Period Supplies during the week surrounding Menstrual Hygiene Day. Menstrual Hygiene Day was established by Wash United in 2013 and observed for the first time in 2014. It occurs on May 28th each year. It is at the center of the global effort to break the stigma of menstruation, raise awareness about the need for period products to be more accessible, and to advocate for policy and funding to make these goals a reality.

According to their website, The Alliance for Period Supplies created Period Poverty Awareness Week to expand on that mission and “draw attention to the issue of period poverty and the negative impact it has on people who menstruate.”

Georgia STOMP works on these issues every day in Georgia and via a growing coalition of organizations that coordinate our efforts and voice to make these goals a reality.