#period poverty

Hawaiʻi groups launch statewide survey on menstrual product access

An advocacy group and a state agency are partnering on a new survey aimed at gauging access to menstrual products across Hawaiʻi, five years after a government report found widespread struggles with “period poverty.” Maʻi Movement Hawaiʻi and the Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women released the questionnaire this month as part of […]

Maʻi Movement co-founder Nikki-Ann Yee honored with HSTA Friend of Youth award

This year’s recipient is Nikki-Ann Yee, co-founder of Maʻi Movement Hawaiʻi, a volunteer-run organization that raises awareness about menstrual equity and period poverty in Hawaiʻi.