SGA passes bill to provide free female hygiene products
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on a bill to provide free feminine hygiene products on campus.
- The paper reported that products would be available in several restrooms and campus locations, with weekly desk refills and restroom refills every three days.
- The article says the bill was partly inspired by a 2014 News-Letter article about limited and costly feminine products on campus.
- The reporter writes that sponsor Doshi said students and faculty needed products for unexpected periods or forgotten supplies, while co-sponsor AJ Tsang said the plan would ease financial strain.
- The article adds that co-sponsor Zappone wanted University organizations to help fund the program and said its long-term duties largely fell outside student government.
- According to the article, Doshi called the bill an intermediate step rather than a long-term solution; the bill could be renewed each semester, and the products would be Tampax and Always.