Menstrual Hygiene Products
Free MHP On Campus
Take What You Need for Now
Manhattan
1 Washington Place,
4th floor accessible restroom
60 Fifth Avenue,
Lower level women's restroom
721 Broadway,
2nd floor gender neutral restroom
Barney Building,
4th floor gender neutral restroom
Bobst Library,
LL2 gender neutral restroom
Kimmel Center,
All women's restrooms
Shimkin Hall,
lobby gender neutral restroom
Waverly Building,
10th floor women's restroom
Puck Building,
2nd floor women's restroom
Brooklyn
Rogers Hall,
1st floor & 2nd floor women's restrooms
Take Supplies for Later
Manhattan
Center for Multicultural Education and Programs,
Kimmel 8th floor
Center for Student Life,
Kimmel 2nd floor and 7th floor
Student Health Center | Health Promotion,
726 Broadway, 3rd and 4th floor reception area, safer sex supplies tables
Leadership Initiative,
12 Washington Place
LGBTQ+ Center,
Kimmel 6th floor
NYU Dentistry Student Affairs
433 1st Avenue, Suite 125
Brooklyn
Student Activities & Resource Center,
Dibner LC223
Student Health Center,
Rogers Hall Lower Level B020
How did this start?
Several universities have instituted programs providing no-cost menstrual hygiene products (MHPs) to students. In July 2016, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio signed a bill requiring free MHPs in public schools. This program, spearheaded by Students for Sexual Respect at NYU and the Student Senators Council, builds off of this progress.
Why does this matter?
MHPs are integral to the mental, emotional, and physical health of many students, and are necessary to ensure equal educational access to people of all genders and socioeconomic statuses. Menstruation should not be stigmatized, and providing MHPs at no cost to students is a step towards normalizing campus-wide conversations about menstrual health.
Why "menstrual hygiene products", not "feminine hygiene products"?
Not all women menstruate and not all people who menstruate are women. These products are for a biological function, not a gender.