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Posts Tagged ‘sanitation’

Feminine hygiene products unavailable to many East Bay women

By Lizzie Roberts | April 12, 2017 | 2
A Friendly Manor, an Oakland women's homeless shelter, is one of the few places in the East Bay where women can obtain feminine hygiene products for free. Photo by Lizzie Roberts.

Every month, homeless and low-income women and girls in the East Bay have to contend with the high cost of feminine hygiene products. For some women, these products are a luxury they just cannot afford.

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