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Should sanitary products be free?
CRAIGHALL PARK – Residents share opinions on whether sanitary products should be free or not?
Period poverty refers to the lack of access to sanitary products and hygiene facilities to manage menstruation.
This remains a crisis for many women in South Africa.
The government scrapped the 15 per cent VAT on menstrual products in 2019 which helped to make them more accessible and affordable but there are still many in South Africa that still cannot afford to purchase sanitary products.
World Menstrual Hygiene Day is observed on 28 May and Rosebank Killarney Gazette asked residents if they thought menstrual products should be made free for women.
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https://www.citizen.co.za/rosebank-killarney-gazette/lnn/733792/menstrual-hygiene-day-aims-break-taboos/
Collecting pads for underprivileged women and teenage girls in Alex
