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cjgl-8823	Fettig, Amy	Menstrual Equity, Organizing and the Struggle for Human Dignity and Gender Equality in Prison	2021	24	.pdf	application/pdf	10175	375	45	For example, in a statement proposing New York City’s first-of-its-kind legislation in 2015 providing free menstrual hygiene products in schools, shelters, and jails, New York City Council member Julissa Ferreras-Copeland stated, “When over half of New York City’s residents experience menstruation, it is crucial to acknowledge their needs and show value and respect for their bodies by making menstrual hygiene products widely and easily available. . . . Part I reviews the issues of period poverty and justice that are driving a larger social movement to recognize that safe and ready access to menstrual hygiene products should be framed through a lens of full civic participation in order to understand its full implications for the lives of people who menstruate.	cache/cjgl-8823.pdf	txt/cjgl-8823.txt