Scrap taxes on sanitary pads – Speaker Bagbin urges Gov’t
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin, has urged the government and future governments to scrap taxes on sanitary pads. He expressed worry at the government’s failure to remove taxes on sanitary pads in the Mid-Year Budget Review. “On the issue of sanitary pads, the government should rethink it. Because the taxes are not only […]
Dear government, Why do you tax my period? – CSOs decry high cost of sanitary towels
By: Roberta Gayode Modin In Ghana, a topic that affects the lives of millions of women and girls remains shrouded in silence and stigma: the exorbitant cost of sanitary towels. Menstruation is a natural biological process experienced by half of the world’s population, yet the financial burden it places on women and girls in Ghana […]
Students of Mataheko D A Basic School appeal to gov’t to scrap taxes on sanitary pads
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Some students of Mataheko D A Basic School in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra, have appealed to the government to scrap taxes on sanitary products and pads to enable girls to have easy access to them. According to them the difficulties in going through the natural process for young adolescent […]
‘Prices of sanitary pads driving girls into early sex’
Adolescent girls in the Central Region have called on the government to scrap the 20 per cent tax on sanitary pads, which is a disincentive in the promotion of girl-child health and education. According to them, many girls could not afford sanitary pads forcing them into sexual relationship with older men and adolescent boys in […]
Why should a girl child pay so much for sanitary pads?
By: Seli Baisie Frankly speaking, when I went to the supermarket today to get some sanitary pads for myself, I was in awe of the prices listed on the pads. All of a sudden, I became sad and all I could think of is the girl child in the rural area. How would such a […]
