In the 1970s, when the women¡¯s liberation movement started to take root in Japan, a group of female students at Tohoku University began demanding the university provide free menstrual products in restrooms, arguing that they were necessities for women.
Now, as ¡°period poverty¡± ¡ª referring to those who are unable to afford menstrual products ¡ª has become a social issue, former members of the group have compiled materials from their activities and self-published a reference book titled ¡°Gojunen-me no Seiri Yohin¡± (¡°50th Year of Menstrual Products¡±).
By shedding light on the collection of historical records, they aim to reexamine the significance of their movement for gender equality in today¡¯s context.
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