Advocacy Case Study: Menstrual Dignity for Students Toolkit
When it comes to menstrual health advocacy, Days for Girls believes in the power of unity โ and learning from the policy wins of others. Thatโs why weโre excited to highlight Oregon State, USA's ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ญ!
This awesome toolkit outlines the objectives of ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง'๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ, which requires provision of period products in public schools.
Itโs a fantastic example of what it takes to make policy ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ (by equipping readers with practical information) and how to empower stakeholders to leverage bill provisions for lasting change.
As Days for Girls advocates and partners champion similar legislation across the country, this resource is a great blueprint for navigating what happens ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ a bill is passed โ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐.