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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A cardboard box labeled with the words “flow drive” is seen from the side.

NU Menstrual Equity Activists keep the period products flowing with campus drive

January 29, 2023

Northwestern’s Menstrual Equity Activists is encouraging students to stock collection boxes across campus with period products like panty liners, tampons and menstrual cups as part of the organization’s...

Toilet paper dispenser with menstrual products on top of it.

NU increases menstrual product access, works toward all-gender bathroom equity

November 21, 2022

Northwestern community members have been advocating for gender and menstrual equity in campus bathrooms for years. Some of these campaigns are starting to see results this year, as students and faculty...

Two signs, one illustrating a shackled uterus and the other reading “Reproductive Rights Now” in green text, are interspersed between human hands held in fists against a light-green background.

NU students discuss past and future work in abortion rights post-Roe

August 2, 2022

When Weinberg junior Vivica Lewis first learned the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, she said she stayed off social media and avoided talking to people about the news because “it just hurt so bad.” Lewis...

An illustration of a menstrual product dispensary beside a bathroom sink.

MEA campaigns for free menstrual products in dorm bathrooms

March 1, 2022

Northwestern’s Menstrual Equity Activists are leading a campaign to provide free menstrual products in all residence hall bathrooms in an effort to combat period poverty.  Founded in 2020 and rebranded...

A circle sits against a yellow background, with a water drop shape. On top of it are the acronyms “MEA.”

Menstrual Equity Activists to distribute free menstrual cups on-campus

April 27, 2021

Come May, Menstrual Equity Activists will distribute free menstrual cups on campus.  The initiative is in partnership with CampusCup, a national campaign for menstrual cup use on college campuses....

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