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3D
campaign on sanitary wear
Students and Youth Working on Reproductive Health Action Team
(SAYWHAT)
May 29, 2012
500
young women engaged the Hon. DPM Thokozani Khupe, members of parliament
and stakeholders in a policy dialogue and an advocacy march held
in Bulawayo on the 18th of May 2012 as part of the Deliver. Delayed.
Dignity Campaign on Sanitary Wear that is running under the regional
Young Women First initiative.
Key Challenges highlighted:
- Students
in tertiary institutions are resorting to use birth control pills
to alter their hormones in order to avoid having their period
during the semester as they cannot afford sanitary wear
- Over 80%
of the schools do not have the necessary medication to assist
students suffering from dysmenorrhea
- The high
cost of sanitary wear makes it unaffordable for many women especially
young women
- Young women
and girls are missing school when they are menstruating
A call
was made for:
- Budgetary
allocations at family , college/school and national level
- Free distribution
of sanitary wear in schools and rural areas
- The removal
of the 15% VAT so as to reduce the market price of sanitary wear
to ensure its availability and accessibility
- Availability
of youth friendly services and commodities that are able to address
pre-and post-menstrual tension and discomforts
- Government
supervision on the quality control on sanitary wear
- Medical
aid schemes to provide sanitary wear as part of health commodities
for students in colleges
The
DPM Committed to:
- Present the
sanitary wear challenges faced by women to the Council of Ministers
and the Cabinet
- Advocate
for the removal of tax charged on all sanitary wear
The
School Heads committed to:
- Budget for
sanitary wear for students
- Ensure effective
education on safe sanitary wear & management of dysmenorrhea
Visit the SAYWHAT
fact
sheet
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