Ghana: 'No Pad Tax' Demand Young People In Ghana

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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