After members of the Stevens community repeatedly voiced concerns regarding the lack of women’s restrooms in academic buildings, new women’s restrooms were added to the third, fifth, and sixth floors of Burchard. Additionally, the Student Government Association (SGA) added free menstrual products to all women’s and gender-inclusive restrooms. Both of these restroom-related changes are intended to benefit the Stevens community by making the specific improvements that have been sought after, primarily by the student body.
According to Stevens, original facilities were evenly balanced between men’s, women’s, and gender-inclusive restrooms. However, an ordinance passed by the City of Hoboken required all single-occupancy restrooms to be gender-inclusive. This led to a noticeable shortage of women’s restrooms in multiple academic buildings, such as Burchard.
Although this is a step in the right direction, Stevens acknowledges that there is more that can be done to improve restroom availability for the community. They have committed to having the facilities team begin assessments for restroom distribution across campus in an effort to increase the number of women’s restrooms when possible.
Information regarding the improved access to women’s restrooms and free menstrual products was provided in an email sent out to the Stevens community in early November. Stevens finished the email by stating that they “look forward to making continued enhancements to our campus facilities to improve the experience for all members of the Stevens community.”
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