In Ghana, the tax imposed on sanitary pads makes the product inaccessible to poor and vulnerable women and girls across the country.

The Ghana Revenue Authority classifies sanitary pads as luxury items and attract 20% import tax levy. This is an outdated and outrageous tax on women.

Indirect tax regimes depend on classification, thus: “essential” goods and “luxuries”. Things that are considered necessities, for example condoms and toilet paper, are not taxed.

We are concerned about the health, socio-economic, and psychological impact of this problem on the lives of women and girls particularly in rural communities.

We at Bridge for Equity, in collaboration with The Kyereh Foundation, are calling on the government to treat sanitary products as health necessities and not as luxuries and to remove the tax placed on them.

We are also petitioning the government to enable the local production of menstrual hygiene product to make them more affordable and accessible.

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