UW students request free tampons, pads in meeting with provost
By Noah Habenstreit | Nov. 30, 2016Three students met with UW-Madison Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf Wednesday to request the school offer free feminine hygiene products in Bascom Hall restrooms. Jordan Madden, the President of UW’s Accessible Reproductive Healthcare Initiative, along with Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Mariam Coker and ASM Coordinating Council member Mara Matovich, used the meeting to stress the benefits of providing free and accessible menstrual products in campus bathrooms. “I’ve encountered so many people on this campus ... that think that tampons and menstrual products should be just as accessible, if not more so, than condoms, toiletries and many of the other items that people have available at their disposal,” Madden told the Daily Cardinal. Earlier this year, Brown University became one of the first colleges in the country to provide free tampons and pads in their bathrooms.
