The most frequently recognized definition of menstrual equity refers to the

affordability, accessibility and safety of menstrual products. But it isn’t limited

to the products used as it involves education about menstruation and
reproductive care as well. It’s about ensuring that people have the basic needs,
emotional/financial support and the freedom to decide how they would want
to take care of their menstrual health. Menstrual equity is all about cessation
of myths declaring it to be a taboo and finally bringing an end to the stigma
around menstruation. This is just a step closer to our ultimate aim of
preventing any sort of humiliation faced by the menstruators only because
they’re supposed to bleed every month.
India has made considerable progress in ensuring accessibility to menstrual
products but it still hasn’t prioritised it any shape or form. The issue of
menstrual poverty emphasises on the intersection of gender inequality and
basic human rights as people other than women are not even considered to be
menstruators. Various experiences, of women and girls living in rural areas,
often include unavailability of water and soap, lack of private spaces to wash or
clean and deep-rooted shame and stigma, all compounded by lack of
education about reproductive health and the unavailability of mental support
by the non-menstruators while the transgenders/non-binary citizens are still
fighting for mere recognition as menstruators.