Tag: Tampax

Tampax Launches Flow It Forward Scholarship Program With UNCF to Support HBCU Students Pursuing Healthcare Careers

Stuart Mitchell

Black women account for less than 3% of all U.S. doctors, even though Black people make up 13% of the U.S. population. While the reasons that contribute to this low percentage necessitate a broader conversation on systemic racism in medicine, one leading cause is that Black students interested in pursuing careers in healthcare generally have more barriers to overcome to enter and stay in the field, like less access to wealth, housing, education, and healthcare, which can then be followed by instances of racism and systemic bias in both training…

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Tampax Partners With Amy Schumer To Turn Your Question Marks Into Periods

Stuart Mitchell

Health education entered schools in the 1920s. 100 years later, we’ve made little progress. Sadly, 41% of women are not 100% confident they know how to correctly insert a tampon, according to recent research conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of Tampax1. One reason for this confusion is that in the US, only 29 states are required to teach sex and reproductive health education and of those, only 22 states require the content to be medically accurate2. Tampax, the leading tampon brand, is working to change that by joining…

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The Tampax and Always Radiant Collection Brings Back the HBCU Dance #RadiantDanceOff Contest and Inspires Women to Radiate Confidence this Homecoming Season and Beyond

Stuart Mitchell

The Radiant Collection, from Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) leading feminine protection brands Tampax® and Always®, has partnered with HBCU Dance Corporation, Inc. for the second year in a row for the HBCU Dance #RadiantDanceOff contest – an online dance competition exclusively for majorettes at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). The HBCU Dance #RadiantDanceOff contest gives majorette teams across the country the opportunity to upload their winning moves to www.radiantdanceoff.com for a chance to win $20,000 and the uniform of their dreams. The contest, which was created to give majorettes…

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