#52 Covering emergency menstruation needs for events hosted/run by Fedora
Closed: Duplicate 6 years ago Opened 6 years ago by amsharma.

As part of our desire to be inclusive and recognize the issues that certain communities may face, we'd like to figure out a way for Fedora to more responsive to emergency menstruation needs. Our goal is not to remove the responsibility for self-management and appropriate self-care from people to Fedora, but instead to support emergency issues so that, in this case, menstruating people can get supplies to use while they go out to get the proper supplies for their situation. This is similar to how a plaster/bandaid might be provided to cover a small wound while the person seeks appropriate medical attention.

This proposal only applies to events hosted/run by Fedora. Events run by third parties, even where Fedora is a sponsor are not included.

Proposal:
For events less than 8 hours in length, a sign is placed at the registration desk, and if possible in all of the bathrooms closest to the meeting space, that explains who to contact if you need information about where to buy personal supplies. If it is easy, this information can be printed directly on the sign.

For events lasting longer than 8 hours, the organizer of the event shall purchase (and be refunded by Fedora) a package of 10 sanitary napkins. A sign shall be placed at the registration desk, and if possible in all of the bathrooms closest to the meeting space, that explains who to contact if you need emergency menstruation supplies. The organizer is encouraged to make sure the supplies are easily accessible. Ideally the supplies will be located in a discrete space for self-service. If this is not possible, the organizer is encouraged to ensure that it is easy to get in contact with whomever has these supplies. At the end of the event the remaining sanitary napkins can be given to an attendee who will use them, donated or destroyed as the organizer sees fit.


Metadata Update from @jflory7:
- Issue priority set to: normal (3-4 weeks)
- Issue set to the milestone: Fedora 28 (to May 2018)
- Issue tagged with: events, meeting, needs feedback

6 years ago

Perhaps the fedora-womens ML should be used to solicit some feedback on this prior to sending it to council.

Metadata Update from @amsharma:
- Issue close_status updated to: Duplicate
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)

6 years ago

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