Founder and Executive Director of LISTEN, a reproductive health non-governmental organisation, Natalie Tachie-Appiah, has called on the government to remove all taxes on sanitary pads.
She proposed that taxes on menstrual products be removed in order to make them more accessible.
She revealed that the NGO and other stakeholders have moved across the country over the years and discovered that some young girls are having difficulty accessing sanitary pads.
“Inadequate sanitary facilities have a particularly negative impact on girls at school, causing them to miss classes or even drop out during their menstruation.” This has an effect on their menstrual hygiene. She claims that menstrual hygiene extends beyond sanitary pads.
She further indicated that there was a need for the government to initiate programmes that will lay more emphasis on school facilities and expansion of water resources in urban areas to assist adolescent girls.
The NGO is collaborating with YAZZ Sanitary Pads to distribute free sanitary pads across some locations in the capital.
The initiative coincides with Menstrual Hygiene Day.
She explained that girls should not just have access to sanitary pads, but quality ones such as YAZZ Sanitary Pads.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
