Education
Formerly known as "Launch Pad", you've arrived at our go-to spot for the latest menstrual health and equity curriculum, resources from partners across the menstrual movement, additional research, and more!
Periods at Work: Breaking the Cycle of Stigma
A new and important conversation on the power of collaboration in breaking the cycle of stigma in the workplace. Learn how employers can support their employees throughout their whole life cycle with menstrual health initiatives like free period products, expanded menstrual leave policies, and more.
Stigma Busting Curriculum
We created the following curriculum and resources with you in mind. Share this curriculum with your PERIOD. chapter, school, workplace, and beyond. Open-sourced and free for all, always.
Period Poverty and Menstrual Equity in U.S. Schools
This new comprehensive workshop was created for nurses and school nurses to be able to:
- Describe the impacts of period poverty and stigma on student engagement
- Increase awareness about period poverty and menstrual health education
- Consider practical opportunities to advance menstrual equity in their school community
Thank you to our partners at Pfizer and Sumitomo Pharma.
Periods in Prison
PERIOD. partnered with the Thurman Perry Foundation to create a comprehensive 4-Part Workshop about Period Poverty and Menstrual Equity in U.S. Correctional Facilities.
Planet-Positive Periods
PERIOD. partnered with Aisle and Green Periods to prepare this toolkit on sustainable menstruation.
The Glossary for the Global Menstrual Movement
Created in partnership with PERIOD. and Madami, this holistic glossary celebrates the diversity of terms to describe menstrual experiences and the different strands of education, activism, and advocacy within the menstrual movement.
Periods at Work: Breaking the Cycle of Stigma
An important conversation on the power of collaboration in achieving menstrual equity in the workplace. From menarche to menopause, learn how employers can support their employees with menstrual health initiatives like free period products, expanded menstrual leave policies, and more.
Coming Soon...
Stay tuned for our Athletes and Periods curriculum created in partnership with the Beauty Initiative and the Multnomah Athletic Foundation!
Educational Materials in Spanish
Check out this podcast on menstrual health and equity with our PERIOD. @ Guatemala Chapter.
The Rag
This publication is an extension of PERIOD that provides writers with a platform to contribute to the menstrual movement through personal narratives about menstruation and thought pieces about how menstrual equity intersects with gender, race, climate, and/or economic justice. We encourage written and/or artistic submissions that reflect how periods can lead to larger conversations about the world around us.
Submission Guidelines:
A minimum of 400 words and no more than 1200 words.
Themes can include, but are not limited to, menstruation, the menstrual movement, reproductive justice, gender, youth activism, and current events.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated and all sources must be hyperlinked.
Any submission that includes language that is derogatory to someone's race/class/gender will not be accepted.
Submissions must be the author’s original work. Submissions which utilize ChatGPT will not be published.
We welcome submissions in various forms - i.e. short narrative, poetry or spoken word, etc.
Latest Research
Check out our period poverty page to dive deeper into some of the latest research on the impact of period poverty and stigma.
If you’re an undergraduate, or graduate student and you have research you would like to share, please email us at info@period.org and we’ll add it to this list of resources.
Partner Resources
The menstrual movement is full of activists, organizations, companies, and more dedicated to ending period poverty and stigma through educational resources. Check them out below!
Do you have a resource you'd like PERIOD. to include on this list? Email Programs Director, Damaris Pereda, at damaris@period.org to speak further and share your resource!