Lack of access to sanitary products for homeless women is a devastating and overlooked healthcare injustice that needs to be rectified. Homeless women confront the daunting challenge of securing materials to absorb blood and finding privacy to change and dispose of sanitary products.
The life of a homeless person is never easy. But for a homeless women, it is especially hard. Feminine hygiene products are necessary items that most women take for granted everyday. However we forget how privileged we are to have access to these products to begin with. Feminine products are desperately needed in the homeless community. Not only do feminine products provide items for individuals who need them the most, but they also provide a sense of dignity that is usually forgotten. Homeless women want to be respected. Being homeless is an abuse in itself. That’s why feminine products is a must I’m our homeless community. Toilet paper, restaurant napkins socks, napkins, rags and shirts. Rinse out over a period of five to seven days a month, 12 months a year. .
Love Conquers All passed out 45 black purses with all sorts of great feminine hygiene and toiletries products for women.
“I Raise Up My Voice- Not So That I Can Shout, But So That Those Without A Voice Can Be Heard… We Cannot All Succeed When Half Of Us Are Held Back”.
Malala Yousafzai
“Although Homelessness Can Happen To Anyone, It Just Wasn’t Expected”.