Do Not Tax my Period.


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In collaboration with the Aids Health Foundation (AHF), Day for Girls took part in a groundbreaking walk towards advocating for the end of sanitary products tax.

Over 70% of the Eswatini population does not afford to buy sanitary pads. Tax on menstrual products increases lack of access to sanitary pads for women and girls, especially low-income consumers. Insufficient access to menstrual products results to menstruators facing insurmountable barriers when managing their period. Girls end up missing school because they do not afford menstrual health products.


The walk was a public act of objection, a call for change and path to achieving menstrual equity. Women, men, boys and girls came together to express dissent towards the lack of affordability of menstrual health products. A decision to lift tax on sanitary pads will increase accessibility to sanitary pads resulting to higher participation in society for girls. The removal of tax on menstrual products is a significant step towards addressing period poverty.


                                             


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