Youth activists supported by Plan International in Ghana have come together to advocate on an issue that affects every girl and woman in the country – the high cost of buying sanitary pads. On 28 May - Menstrual Hygiene Day, 160 young people presented a petition to the government, calling for tax to be scrapped on sanitary pads.
During the six-month ‘No Pad Tax’ campaign, the youth activists, made up of former sponsored children and beneficiaries of Plan International projects, argued that the scrapping the 20% tax on sanitary pads, currently catergorised as a non-essential luxury item by the Ghana Revenue Authority, will go a long way to address issues related to period poverty.
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