Makemake ʻo Gina Rodriguez e ʻike ʻoe e pili ana i ka "Period Poverty"—a he aha ka mea e hana ʻia e kōkua

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Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hele me ka ʻole o nā pads a me nā tampons, maʻalahi ka lawe ʻana iā lākou me ka ʻole. Ke hele nei i loko o ka luʻuluʻu e lawe ai kāu wā i kēlā me kēia mahina, ʻaʻole paha ia e kau i kou manaʻo i ka nui o ka maikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻole o nā huahana e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokele i kāu maʻemaʻe. ʻO ia kahi mea a Gina Rodriguez makemake e hoʻololi. Ma kahi moʻolelo hou no Vogue ʻōpio, ua lawe ka wahine wahine i ka manawa e noʻonoʻo ai i ka ʻokoʻa o kona ola i kēia lā inā ʻaʻole i hiki iā ia ke uku i nā huahana menstrual a i ʻole e haʻalele i ke kula no kāna wā.
ʻO ka haʻalele ʻana i nā papa i alakaʻi ʻia i kahi hopena hau hau i hiki ke mālama iā ia mai ka hele ʻana i NYU a ma hope e loaʻa i nā manawa ʻē aʻe i hoʻololi i kona ola, kuhikuhi ʻo ia. "He aha inā inā wau e noho i ka home mai ka papa no kekahi mau lā i kēlā me kēia mahina i koʻu wā ʻōpio?" ua kākau ʻo ia. "He aha nā haʻawina aʻu e nalo ai, a ehia mau quiz e hiki ai i koʻu nalo ʻana? Manaʻo wau e hala wau i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina hohonu me kaʻu mau kumu a me nā hoa, akā paʻakikī e ʻike i ka nui o ka hopena. . " (Pili: Makemake ʻo Gina Rodriguez e aloha i kou kino ma o nā piʻi a i lalo paha)
No ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻokūkū i kēia kumu, ua hui pū ʻo Rodriguez me Always and Feeding America no kā lākou #EndPeriodPoverty campaign, e hāʻawi ana i nā huahana manawa i nā wahine ma US hiki ʻole ke kūʻai i nā pads a i ʻole nā tampons. ʻOi aku ka nui o kēlā helu ma mua o kou manaʻo: Wahi a kahi noiʻi ʻo Always, aneane hoʻokahi o ʻelima mau kaikamahine ʻAmelika i haʻalele i ke kula ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi ma muli o ka nele o nā huahana menstrual.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻōlinolino, ua hana mua ka ʻāina i kekahi mau ʻanuʻu i ke ala kūpono. I ʻApelila, ua hoʻolaha ke kiaʻāina ʻo Andrew Cuomo o New York e koi ʻia nā kula lehulehu i ka mokuʻāina e hāʻawi i nā huahana menstrual manuahi no nā kaikamahine ma nā papa 6 a hiki i ka 12. Mahalo i ke kānāwai like i Kaleponi, pono nō hoʻi nā kula aupuni ʻo Judul I i ka US. nā huahana menstrual. A ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mokuʻāina e hoʻopau ana i kā lākou "ʻauhau tampon" i mea kūʻai nui nā tampons i nā poʻe he nui. (Hoʻohui, hiki i nā paʻahao wahine ke kiʻi i nā pads manuahi a me nā tampons i nā hale paʻahao pekelala.) Akā e like me kā Rodriguez i kuhikuhi ai, aia nō kahi ala lōʻihi e hele ai i ka pale pale wā kaulike.
"ʻIke wau ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻoponopono i ka pō, akā ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e ʻike i kekahi mau hoʻomaikaʻi maoli a piha wau i ka manaolana," i kākau ai ʻo ia. "He hana koʻikoʻi ka ʻike hoʻokele i ka lawe ʻana i nā loli nui." Ke hana nei ʻo ia i kāna ʻāpana e hana i kēlā ʻanuʻu.