Jacinda Ardern just announced that all New Zealand schools will have free access to sanitary products from June, in an initiative aimed at stamping out period poverty in the country 🙌
Ethiopia recognizes Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) as essential items & are treated accordingly by the tax system. MHM products ultimately contribute to reduce girls' school dropout and to reduce menstruation-related absence & psychosocial stress in school or work. 1/3
"Disposable sanitary pads are undoubtedly a safe and hygienic option for managing menstruation, yet their singular promotion over menstrual cups is problematic." @amirabiy@DrSenait https://t.co/vWPwy1yacY
"If everyone lives roughly the same lies about the same thing, there is no one to call them liars. They jointly establish their own sanity and themselves normal."
- Ernest Becker
Happy Weekend.
“The question, O me! so sad, recurring -
What good amid these, O me, O life?
That you are here - that life
exists and identity,
that the powerful play goes on,
and you may contribute a verse.”
― Walt Whitman, Born on this day in 1819.
Helping policy makers understand the what and why of pads is what we need. Full value chain analysis is required to better understand the systemic issues and problem solve accordingly, as manufactures are affected by forex hiking their price too.
Is it true that sanitary pads are taxed up to 75% in #Ethiopia? Do the policy makers actually know what these pads are used for? It really doesn't seem like it. Also, who are the local manufacturers? (Maybe the real solution is there) @amirabiy@DrSenait@AidaTola
“Some cultural practices and taboos around menstruation impact the lives of women and girls negatively and reinforce gender inequities and exclusion”~ MH Ethiopia 2016 #Ethiopia let’s change the narrative #Openconversation#FreePad@Padforher