Tag Archives: Sanitary Pads

Professionals For Humanity (PROFOH Ghana) has appealed to the government of Ghana to consider the free provision of sanitary pads in schools as a way of supporting menstruating girls. According to PROFOH Ghana, health and hygiene, especially among girls should be priortise.       Women and girls face numerous …

The government of Ghana has been asked to make sanitary pads free for teenage students who do not have the wherewithal to afford pads during their menstrual cycle.     The CEO of the Hannat Foundation Ghana Ibrahim Ashante Boadu , made the call when he gave 1,000 sanitary pads …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, has strongly criticized the imposition of taxes on sanitary pads, describing it as a cardinal sin. The issue was brought to the attention of Parliament through a petition submitted by various civil society organizations, urging the removal of taxes on sanitary pads. Expressing …

Val Charity Foundation, has distributed free sanitary pads to school girls in the Brim central Municipal Assembly and Asene Manso Akroso District in the Eastern region. The beneficiary schools were; Aboabo Presbyterian Primary and JHS, Aboabo Salvation Army, Asene Presbyterian and Akyem Esem. The donation forms part of the social …

“I now buy baby diapers for one cedi and then cut the sides to make them straight. I line the diaper in my panty and they absorb the blood all day. If I used sanitary pads, I would have to change the pad at least three times and that is …

A non-governmental organization, ‘Could You’ has appealed to the government to scrap taxes on sanitary pads. The government currently charges about 33 percent in a luxury tax and VAT on sanitary pads. But the NGO observed the situation is denying girls in rural areas the use of sanitary pads due …

A writer and youth advocate for sexual reproductive health, Stella Darley Tetteh, has called for the repeal of the 20% import tax imposed on sanitary pads. She believes, this call if heeded, will significantly improve menstrual hygiene among girls across the country since most of them will be able to …

Engineers at the Mudor Waste Water Treatment Plant have disclosed that foreign materials including condoms, sanitary pads and remains of aborted babies are damaging their machines. Though the plant is to process liquid waste, faecal matter collected is gaining notoriety for containing other solid waste materials, which are damaging the …

Visually impaired female students of Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern region have called on stakeholders to pay special attention to the needs of females with visual impairment. The female visually impaired students believe much has not to be done to support vulnerable visually impaired girls in the …