Menstrual Equity For All
Together we will create a better world for girls, women and people who menstruate by eradicating period poverty.
About Us
OUR FOUNDER
OUR MILESTONES
OUR MILESTONES
Eiko La Boria
Founder/Executive Director
Eiko is a writer born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. In 2019, she created The Flow Initiative after discovering that period poverty isn’t solely a problem in developing countries. She believes that eradicating period poverty must work in collaboration with establishing menstrual equity for all especiall
Eiko La Boria
Founder/Executive Director
Eiko is a writer born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. In 2019, she created The Flow Initiative after discovering that period poverty isn’t solely a problem in developing countries. She believes that eradicating period poverty must work in collaboration with establishing menstrual equity for all especially in demographics most affected inclusive of students, low-income individuals, unhoused and incarcerated girls, women and menstruators. She believes that without menstrual equity menstruating bodies will continue to be ignored and/or regulated. Pre Me Too, while living in Los Angeles, Eiko wrote about sexual harassment and assaults, when the topic was still considered taboo and untouchable.
She is a United State of Women Ambassador for Gender Equality, New Jersey.
Chair, Menstrual Equity Subcommittee, Thrive New Jersey Coalition. A New Jersey coalition of 75 organizations striving to achieve transformative reproductive health policies.
Co-founder, Mujeres and Menstruators United, a national coalition dedicated to advancing menstrual equity policy work across the United States.
Co-founder, Jersey City Women, a Hudson County, NJ organization focused on creating a Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.
Expert Panelist, Our Bodies, Ourselves, Menarche to Menopause. A traditionally women's health bible, which is inclusive and acknowledges the needs of girls, women and all menstruating people.
FUN FACT: She is a relative of Puerto Rican Poet, Juan Boria.
Collaborators in this initiative include:
- Cynthia Vazquez
- United State of Women
- Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
- The Hoboken Girl
- Jordan and Joelle Hernandez
- Alliance for Period Supplies
- Period
- Advisor Group
- MassNow
- National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County
- No More Secrets
- New Jersey City University
- City of Jersey City Libraries
- Libraries without Borders
- Councilman Michael Yun
- DivaCup
OUR MILESTONES
OUR MILESTONES
OUR MILESTONES
- We have conducted over 175 educational workshops on period poverty and menstrual equity to schools, community organizations, international organizations, food banks, homeless shelters, girl scouts, domestic abuse shelters, at-risk youth organizations, libraries, and many others.
● We worked with Governor Phil Murphy in declaring May 28th,
- We have conducted over 175 educational workshops on period poverty and menstrual equity to schools, community organizations, international organizations, food banks, homeless shelters, girl scouts, domestic abuse shelters, at-risk youth organizations, libraries, and many others.
● We worked with Governor Phil Murphy in declaring May 28th, Menstrual Equity Day in New Jersey.
● Created partnerships with local, state, national and international organizations, including Alliance for Period Supplies, One Million Girls, and Libraries Without Borders.
● The Flow Initiative created the first free period pilot program in New Jersey at P.S. 34/President Barack Obama School and a subsequent second pilot program at North Star Academy in Newark, NJ.
● Worked on the final language and lobbied for the ratification of A3388 and S692 - which would put free period products in all public middle and high schools in New Jersey.
● Donated over 275,000 period products during a global pandemic to community centers, food banks/pantries, schools
● Collaborated with the Jersey City Free Public Library to install free period product vending machines in all library bathrooms.
● Created Project Local Access, an initiative which puts 40,000 free period products and period care packages in all Jersey City library branches.
● EIko La Boria was selected and named an Expert Panelist, for the latest edition of Our Bodies,
Ourselves, an internationally recognized bible on women's health.
● Collaborated with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, a preeminent expert and leader in menstrual equity to engage the White House Gender Policy Council.
● Collaborated with DivaCups, a menstrual cup company.
● Created Mujeres and Menstruators United with Sasha Goodfriend of MASSNow, a nationally recognized community organizer, which seeks to engage more Latinas (girls and
women) and menstruating LGBTQ+ members.
The Flow Initiative Statistical Survey: Experiences in Period Poverty of 100 Jersey City High School Girls.
- 28% have missed school because of a lack of menstrual products.
- 90% have needed menstrual products while in school.
- 76% have had a menstrual accident while in school.
- 86% believe that a lack of period products affects a girl’s confidence and her ability to focus and learn.
OUR MISSION
OUR MILESTONES
OUR MISSION
- Protect all girls, women, and menstruators from a lack of access to period products.
- Eradicate the stigma, shame and humiliation associated with period poverty.
- Obtain menstrual equity by ensuring that all bathrooms are equipped with the needs of the female biology; including all private, public, municipal, and government bathrooms.
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- Protect all girls, women, and menstruators from a lack of access to period products.
- Eradicate the stigma, shame and humiliation associated with period poverty.
- Obtain menstrual equity by ensuring that all bathrooms are equipped with the needs of the female biology; including all private, public, municipal, and government bathrooms.
- Develop a period product access plan for all students by ensuring schools have period product dispensaries and open emergency period product distribution centers throughout the city.
- Enact community programs to teach about menstruation and promote self care, self love, emotional intelligence, and confidence building for girls of all ages.
- Develop new technologies to ensure that that the most vulnerable have access to period products, including the homeless, low-income girls and women, artists, veterans, sex workers, and at-risk youth.
- Quit repeating thousands of years of history of ignoring periods and as a civilized society, finally normalize it.
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Special Thanks to BCW Global
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