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Ekumfi Queen Mother engages pupils on teenage pregnancy and menstrual hygiene

Ekumfi Queen Mother engages pupils on teenage pregnancy and menstrual hygiene

The Queen Mother of Ekumfi Traditional Area, Nana Bayinwa VI, and her divisional Queen mothers have appealed to the government and stakeholders to assist the district with logistics to ensure menstrual hygiene and prevent teenage

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Govt must act now to end ‘sex for sanitary products’ exploitation – Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation

Govt must act now to end ‘sex for sanitary products’ exploitation – Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation

The Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation has called on the Ghanaian government and all stakeholders to take urgent action to address the disturbing issue of girls engaging in sex in exchange for basic menstrual hygiene products.

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Taxes on locally made sanitary pads abolished; import duties on electric vehicles waived

Taxes on locally made sanitary pads abolished; import duties on electric vehicles waived

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced during the 2024 Budget and Economic Statement presentation to Parliament that the government decided to remove import taxes on Electric Vehicles (EVs) designated for public transportation for eight years as

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Bagbin unhappy with Akufo-Addo for maintaining taxes on sanitary pads

Bagbin unhappy with Akufo-Addo for maintaining taxes on sanitary pads

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has registered his displeasure with the Akufo-Addo administration for maintaining the luxury taxes on sanitary pads in the 2023 Mid-Year Budget Review. There were growing calls for the taxes on

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Scrapping taxes on sanitary pads will cripple the economy – AGI 

Scrapping taxes on sanitary pads will cripple the economy – AGI 

Despite ceaseless calls on the government to scrape the 20% taxes on sanitary pads, the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) believes people pushing such agenda are disoriented. According to AGI in a statement on Wednesday,

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Empower people to produce menstrual pads locally – Antiedu to government

Empower people to produce menstrual pads locally – Antiedu to government

A private legal practitioner, Benjamin Tachie Antiedu, is calling on the President Akufo-Addo government to invest in the local production of sanitary pads to make them accessible and affordable to all Ghanaian women regardless of