Fighting For Policies That Empower Women

Women's health is severely understudied. Female specific conditions receive less than 2% of medical research and are underrepresented in clinical trials. This leads to delayed diagnosis, mismanagement, and misdiagnosis. Female-specific conditions, like endometriosis, menopause, and menstural health are severely underfunded and often dismissed. In addition, women's pain is often ignored since they are seen as dramatic. There has been more research and funding for male baldness than there has been for endometriosis. The male body is seen as the default and priority while the female body is neglected and dismissed.

Across the world, millions of girls do not have access to menstrual products, negatively impacting both their physical and mental health. In addition, the "pink tax" refers to the phenomena where products marketed towards women cost more than products marketed towards men. This is including but not limited to razors, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, clothing, body wash, and lotion. We encourage and support policies dedicated to ending this tax.

Most child marriages are young girls married to adult men. Child marriage often inevitably leads to forced parenthood, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and financial abuse. In addition, it limits access to education, career advancement, and future opportunities.

Most cases of rape and sexual assault go unreported, and the ones that are reported often do not result in conviction or action against the perpetrator since survivors are often not taken seriously. At SHEroic Foundation, we are dedicated to believing survivors and building a world where they feel safe to tell their stories.

We are dedicated to fighting for women of all races, religions, classes, abilities, and sexualities, and recognizing how these constructs overlap creating multiple unique discriminatory patterns. There are times when feminism can feel a little whitewashed, so it is important that we fight for all women, not just white women.

In the United States, reproductive freedom is under attack. Ever since Roe v Wade was overturned, multiple states have passed laws banning or restricting abortion access, and women have died after being refused healthcare. The government is constantly trying to control women's bodies, and they are not making raising a child any easier. We are dedicated to protecting reproductive freedom and making sure every woman can make decisions about her own body.