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Celebrating May 28 as Women’s Hygiene Day, recognizing the urgent need for the City to invest in addressing period poverty, and calling for an expanded period equity effort centered on educating and supplying communities across Philadelphia with women’s hygiene resources. B4 WHEREAS, One in four women in America struggle to purchase menstrual products, and two in five women have had economic difficulty doing so at some point in their lives. The National Organization of Women estimates that the average woman spends roughly $18,000 on period-related products over the course of their lives; a