Title: Recognizing Menstrual Hygiene Day.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution encourages the people of the United States to observe Menstrual Hygiene Day, and recognizes the need to raise awareness with respect to menstrual hygiene and to increase research on access to menstrual health management.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1145 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1145

                   Recognizing Menstrual Hygiene Day.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 27, 2022

 Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Clarke of New York, 
 Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of 
California, Mr. Lieu, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Moore of 
  Wisconsin, Ms. Norton, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Speier, Mr. Takano, Mrs. 
 Torres of California, Mr. Trone, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
   Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Mr. Bowman) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
                   Recognizing Menstrual Hygiene Day.

Whereas, since 2013, Menstrual Hygiene Day is annually commemorated on May 28 to 
        raise awareness and catalyze political action around the challenges 
        menstruators around the world face;
Whereas approximately half of the population will have a period every month for 
        decades of their lives;
Whereas period supplies are a necessary product, each month, for people across 
        the country and the world;
Whereas 16,900,000 individuals in the United States report lacking access to 
        menstrual products;
Whereas national surveys and research studies report that 1 in 4 menstruators 
        struggle to secure enough period products to meet their monthly needs 
        due to lack of income;
Whereas this lack of period supplies, known as period poverty, can adversely 
        affect people's health and well-being;
Whereas 1 in 5 women and girls reports missing work or school as a result of 
        period poverty;
Whereas period poverty exacerbates the vicious cycle of poverty by forcing 
        menstruators to withdraw from daily life, losing pay or missing 
        educational opportunities;
Whereas people experiencing period poverty risk infections by using proxy 
        products, such as socks or toilet paper, or not changing products as 
        often as medically advised;
Whereas when students can easily access period products they are less likely to 
        face disruptions to their education and better able to participate in 
        educational activities;
Whereas States and communities across the United States are recognizing the 
        importance of providing period products to students in order to support 
        their educational and personal development; and
Whereas providing access to period products in schools and other public 
        locations can lead to economic opportunity and improved health by 
        ensuring all people have access to the basic necessities required to 
        thrive and reach their full potential: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the need to break the silence, raise 
        awareness, and change negative social norms surrounding 
        menstrual hygiene around the world;
            (2) recognizes the need for increased research on access to 
        menstrual health management both in the United States and 
        around the world;
            (3) recognizes the barriers that vulnerable populations 
        face to access period products, including in schools, 
        employment facilities, prisons, homeless shelters, after 
        natural disasters, and in refugee camps;
            (4) recognizes the work of activists around the country 
        working to combat period poverty;
            (5) urges the enactment of laws to comprehensively address 
        the challenges of menstruators in the United States and around 
        the world; and
            (6) encourages the people of the United States to observe 
        Menstrual Hygiene Day.
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