By Edwin Ashimwe
In August 2013, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) passed a resolution urging all partner states to waive taxes on sanitary pads so as to increase their availability and affordability for young girls, but this remains unachieved.
UN estimates one in 10 girls from Sub-Saharan Africa miss school during their menstrual cycle, with some missing out on 20 per cent of their education period.
Kenya, a global pioneer on the issue, removed the tax in 2004, and allocates about $3 million annually for the distribution of free sanitary pads to girls in low-income communities. This, therefore, ensures good health, education and well-being to less privileged females…read more>>
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