Education
You've arrived at our go-to spot for the latest menstrual health and equity curriculum, resources from partners across the menstrual movement, additional research, and more!
Stigma Busting Curriculum
We created the following curriculum and resources with you in mind. Share this curriculum with your PERIOD. chapter, school, workplace, and beyond. Open-sourced and free for all, always.
Note: All of PERIOD.'s resources are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Click here to view a full copy of this license and permissions.
NEW! Introduction to Menstruation: A Classroom Curriculum
Periods can be daunting but they don't have to be! That's why PERIOD. created this 5-part youth-friendly workshop for any student who needs an introduction to periods.
Through this workshop, students will learn about:
- Periods and period stigma
- Period product options and how to use them
- Period pain and how to manage symptoms
- and more!
Athletes and Periods Curriculum!
This comprehensive workshop was created in partnership with the Multnomah Athletic Foundation and The Beauty Initiative to help empower student athletes across their menstrual cycle!
Participants will learn how to:
- Compare the phases of the menstrual cycle, and how training can be impacted by it
- Normalize menstrual health management in student athlete training
- Support student athletes who menstruate in school settings
Period Poverty and Menstrual Equity in U.S. Schools
This comprehensive workshop was created for nurses and school nurses to be able to:
- Describe the impacts of period poverty and stigma on student engagement
- Increase awareness about period poverty and menstrual health education
- Consider practical opportunities to advance menstrual equity in their school community
Thank you to our partners at Pfizer and Sumitomo Pharma.
Periods in Prison
PERIOD. partnered with the Thurman Perry Foundation to create a comprehensive 4-Part Workshop about Period Poverty and Menstrual Equity in U.S. Correctional Facilities.
Planet-Positive Periods
PERIOD. partnered with Aisle and Green Periods to prepare this toolkit on sustainable menstruation.
The Glossary for the Global Menstrual Movement
Created in partnership with PERIOD. and Madami, this holistic glossary celebrates the diversity of terms to describe menstrual experiences and the different strands of education, activism, and advocacy within the menstrual movement.
An Update on The Rag
For six years, The Rag has provided a platform for youth leaders to contribute to the menstrual movement through personal narratives and thought pieces exploring how periods intersect with gender, racial, climate, and economic justice. We are incredibly proud of the community of writers and readers who made it what it is.
Starting June 1st, we will no longer be accepting new submissions or publishing new pieces. The archive will remain fully accessible so that these stories can continue to reach, inform, and inspire new readers.
Our mission remains unchanged: tackling period stigma in our lifetime means ushering in a world in which period stories are shared and celebrated on all kinds of platforms, without shame. Although The Rag is no longer accepting submissions, we invite our community to keep sharing their stories — because those stories matter, and the movement needs them.
To every youth leader who published with us over the last six years — thank you.
Latest Research
Check out our period poverty page to dive deeper into some of the latest research on the impact of period poverty and stigma.
If you’re an undergraduate, or graduate student and you have research you would like to share, please email us at info@period.org and we’ll add it to this list of resources.
Partner Resources
The menstrual movement is full of activists, organizations, companies, and more dedicated to ending period poverty and stigma through educational resources. Check them out below!
Do you have a resource you'd like PERIOD. to include on this list? Email Programs Director, Damaris Pereda, at damaris@period.org to speak further and share your resource!