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Students at Eastside High School in Gainesville fundraised to provide free menstrual products for their classmates.

The school district initially halted the student-led program, citing a potential violation of the Parental Rights Act.

After student advocacy, the district allowed the program to continue and helped fund two period product dispensers.

Sanabil Wajid grew up in Pakistan, where she says many women lack menstrual education and don’t have ample access to menstrual products.

“A lot of women thought they had cancer before they thought they had their periods,” she told The Sun.

When Wajid arrived at Eastside High School in Gainesville, she was surprised to find similar stigma and limited access. Some of her classmates couldn’t afford pads or tampons and woul

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