The Ghana CSOs Platform on the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) has appealed to the government to help make sanitary products affordable to all women
and girls.
Prior to a statement released, “sanitary products are currently enlisted on chapter 96 of the Harmonized System, and that attracts a 32.5 percent tax on imported sanitary pads, which is made up of 20 % import duty and 12.5 % in Value Added Tax.”
The notice indicated that “Platform urgently calls on the Ministry of Finance and the government to, as a matter of urgency, scrap the import tax on sanitary pads and reclassify the product as ‘essential social goods’ which is Zero (0) rated.”
The Platform notes that, “women’s and adolescent girls’ ability to care for their bodies while
menstruating is an essential part of this fundamental human right.
“The Platform calls on the government to increase political priority and ignite action for menstrual health.
