A Newark group is working to ensure that all students have the health products they need and are not forced to go without.

According to period.org, 1 in 4 students who menstruate are struggling to afford period products. That's why the group Girls Live Love Laugh Inc. is doing what it can to stop what is called period poverty.

Period poverty is limited or inadequate access to menstrual products or menstrual health education due to cost or negative socio-cultural attitudes about periods.

"This is a fact of nature," says Jessica Renee Dunston, of Girls Live Love Laugh Inc. "This is something that happens to our bodies that we cannot avoid."

The organization wants to ensure menstrual equity for all students, starting with schools in Newark.

"We're looking to partner with at least one elementary school, one high school, one middle school in every single ward of the city of Newark," says Dunston.

Last week, New Jersey lawmakers approved a package of bills that would make tampons and pads available for free in schools, homeless shelters and through public assistance programs like SNAP and WIC. Until these bills become law, the organization says they'll continue to have period equity drives where they collect donations of sanitary napkins and tampons.

"We're also looking for flushable wipes as well as body wash or soap," says Duston. "Those types of products are going to be really vital to our program."

The group also wants to make sure the products are available in school bathrooms not just the nurse's office.

For more information email Dunston at secretary.girlslivelovelaugh@gmail.com.