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1 out of 4

US teens have missed class due to lack of access to period products

84%

of US teens have – or know someone who has – missed class time due to inadequate access to period products

2 out of 3

US teens have felt stress due to lack of access to period products.

64%

of US teens believe society teaches people to be ashamed of their periods.

PERIOD POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES

PE·RI·OD POV·ER·TY: a lack of access to menstrual health products, education, hygiene facilities, waste management, or any combination of these. 

PERIOD POVERTY IS A HEALTH DISPARITY, and affects MILLIONS globally, including US women and girls. It’s a health crisis for menstruators.
 
Early menstruation and increased vulnerability are associated with depression, delinquency, school dropout, and substance abuse. In lower-income areas, girls face substantial challenges to managing menstruation in school, with some girls resorting to transactional sex to purchase sanitary products.
 
Close to 12 million women across the U.S. aged 12 to 52 years live below the poverty line and most don’t have access to sanitary products. Estimates vary, but in the US 553,000 people experience homelessness on any single night, with 28% being single women.
 
1 in 4 of U.S. menstruators struggled to afford period products last year.
 
Impact on Equality of Education Access – Independent studies show indigent girl students miss up to 50 days of school each year because they cannot afford sanitary items.
 
Recent data finds that 1 in 5 American girls miss school due to their periods.

THE FIGURES BELOW SHOW HOW HOW MUCH THE AVERAGE MENSTRUATOR SPENDS ON THESE PRODUCTS, COMPARED TO IF THEY WOULD SWITCH TO OUR COULDYOU? CUP

1 YEAR

(AVERAGE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO MENSTRUATES)

DISPOSABLE PADS

& TAMPONS

$159

spent on disposable products
in a year (on average)

MENSTRUAL

CUPS

$1

cost of one CouldYou?
cup per year

10 YEARS

(AVERAGE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO MENSTRUATES)

DISPOSABLE PADS

& TAMPONS

$1590

spent on disposable products in
10 years/menstruator (on average)

MENSTRUAL

CUPS

$10

cost of CouldYou?
cup over 10 years

LIFETIME

(AVERAGE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO MENSTRUATES)

DISPOSABLE PADS

& TAMPONS

$6360

spent on disposable products in a
lifetime/menstruator (on average)

MENSTRUAL

CUPS

$40

cost of CouldYou?
cups in a lifetime

EACH CUP IS DISTRIBUTED IN A COTTON POUCH WHICH IS SEWN BY MARGINALISED WOMEN IN AFRICA, IN UGANDA, THEY’RE SEWN BY TRANSITIONING CHILD PROSTITUTES. 

Disposable MHM Products lifecycle
Disposable MHM products amount discarded
lifespan disposable MHM Products
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About Us

CouldYou? is a New York-based
501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to curating, proving and scaling solutions to poverty.

Together we can end period poverty by 2030

Registration Number:  3018179390

FDA Owner Operator Number:  10081087

California Medical Device Manufacturing License Number:  113441

 

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