PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Philadelphia, PA, April 29, 2024 | 11AM EDT
Women’s PPE advocacy organization The Safety Rack along with Juno Jones Safety Boots, DeIla Ray, and AWSAM (Alliance of Women's Safety Apparel Manufacturers), have partnered with women’s groups around the world ahead of their upcoming global week-long hashtag campaign set to launch on April 29, 2024. In recent years, the issue of companies failing to provide personal protective equipment, or PPE, specifically for women’s bodies has gained traction in the public discourse.
"The women’s PPE movement, which has been bubbling under the surface for years, has finally erupted with a vengeance. Women’s PPE now exists, and employers should be providing it. This is why we started Juno Jones, and why we have launched this movement,” said campaign organizer Emily Soloby, Founder of Juno Jones Safety Boots.
“When companies refuse to provide PPE made for women’s bodies, it puts women in grave physical danger, and sends a troubling message about women’s value in the workplace,” said campaign organizer Amy Roosa, Founder of The Safety Rack.
The campaign encourages women around the world to share their own personal stories of improper PPE, while using the hashtag #MyBodyMyPPE, to raise awareness about the issue. The campaign also requests that women fill out a survey on the issue, accessible through the website, www.mybodymyppe.org, in order to gather data for an upcoming study.
For further information, please contact Emily Soloby, MA, JD at [email protected], Amy Roosa at [email protected], or DeIla Ray at [email protected].
