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November 16
Eiko La Boria is Founder & CEO of The Flow Initiative, a national organization committed to addressing period poverty and accelerating access to menstrual health products in Hudson County, New Jersey, and across the US.
Eiko’s passion for women’s advocacy stems back to her personal experience as a BIPOC woman, as well as her professional experiences as a writer. Over a decade ago while in Los Angeles, Eiko wrote about sexual harassment and assaults, now often covered in news media under #MeToo and #TimesUp; when the topic was still considered taboo by mainstream media.
She created The Flow Initiative after discovering that period poverty isn’t solely a problem in developing countries, but a growing issue impacting communities across the United States. She believes that ending period poverty must work in collaboration with menstrual equity in all restrooms and education in all classrooms in New Jersey. Today, The Flow initiative has emerged as a leader in the national menstrual health movement.
When Eiko is not running The Flow Initiative, she serves as an industry speaker and panelist for the organization Our Bodies Ourselves, where she develops articles and content on menstruation and period poverty. In 2022, Eiko was named Chair of the Menstrual Equity Sub-Committee at Thrive New Jersey.