Ghanavi Foundation, as part of its annual PeriodAid Project during a donation in the Ketu South Municipality called on Ghanaian women to discuss menstrual hygiene with their young daughters.
According to Ghanavi Foundation, treating menstruation as a taboo has resulted in insufficient menstrual health and hygiene knowledge, hence must be freely discussed.
Ghanavi Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to promoting educational equality in Ghana. This year, the NGO in partnership with the Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Dzifa Abla Gomashie on World Menstrual Health Day on May 28, 2024, donated 1,280 packs of sanitary pads worth thousands of cedis to school girls in Ketu South.
Helen Selorm Wohoyie, the founder of the NGO, gave Senco Global Developers Ltd., a thumbs up for their unwavering support of the Foundation over the period. Selorm also extended her heartfelt appreciation to individuals who contributed to their annual program.
“The shameful phenomenon of sex-for-pads has been found to devastate the educational opportunities of girls, resulting in many of them becoming pregnant and eventually dropping out of school. It is imperative that men step up to support these young women rather than contributing to the destruction of their futures,” she said.
Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Dzifa Abla Gomashie, also called on the government to scrap taxes on sanitary products.
According to the MP, the government still has more to offer the girl child. “Even as we appreciate the removal of taxes on raw materials for companies that produce sanitary towels in Ghana, I dare say it is woefully inadequate. There are only about three companies currently producing and they do not have the capacity to produce for the whole country. I believe if our government can consider giving tax exemptions to about 42 companies under the 1D1F then our government can remove taxes from our blood. We appeal to government and parliament to take a second look at the policies and tax regimes to be more gender-sensitive.”