Thanks to Sana Noor Haq and CNN World News Online for the Headline.
A 25 year old lawyer, Mahnoor Omer, is taking the Pakistani Government to court to remove tax from “sanitary products” and class the products as essential, which if you are a woman they are.
This is indeed a no brainer and also would give more women with low incomes the chance not to have to worry about leakages and to improve their all round reproductive health. More importantly it will raise the profile of women and the practicalities of being a woman. Presently, with import duties in Pakistan every woman faces a 40% surcharge on products they use while menstruating.
Mahnoor is the petitioner, while the case is being brought by her associate Ashan Jehangir Khan. They are following up on legislation that has been put in place already in India and Nepal. I wish them success.
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