The Ghana CSOs Platform on the Sustainable Development Goals have lauded government's decision to provide free sanitary pads for female students in basic and secondary schools.
In a joint statement issued by the CSOs, they stated that the intervention will help in "tackling period poverty, reducing absenteeism among schoolgirls, and ensuring that no girl's education is compromised due to a lack of menstrual hygiene products".
Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson announced a GHC 292.4million allocation for the provision of free sanitary pads for female students in primary and secondary schools when he unveiled the 2025 budget statement in parliament.
He also announced significant tax waivers on locally produced menstrual hygiene products.
