Menstrual poverty is a term created in France that can be defined as the condition in which a woman does not have the right or access to tampons, or the means to clean herself during menstruation. Menstrual Poverty occurs daily among Brazilian cisgender women in a situation of social vulnerability.
According to the NGO Trat Brasil, in 2016, 1.6 million Brazilians did not have a bathroom at home, 15 million did not receive treated water and 26.9 million lived in places without sewage collection. Bearing in mind that the biological needs of men and women are different, the lack of basic sanitation and access to drinking water is doubly more impacting on women's health. Since this occurs on ordinary days, the demand for hygiene during the menstrual period is logically much higher.

It is with this in mind that the Woman for Woman Project was born. The project aims to distribute sanitary napkins to cis women in situations of social vulnerability in the south of São Paulo. We believe that an absorbent can save lives!