

[Media Alert ]
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Press Statement
For immediate release: 16/08/2023
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SUBMISSION TO PARLIAMENT: OF PETITION ON URGENT CALL FOR A
MENSTRUAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE MANAGEMENT BILL – AND LAW
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This Women’s Month in South Africa, will mark the one year anniversary of the South African Government’s promise to deliver on the urgent need to treat Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management as a Human Rights issue. A formal petition submission to the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons With Disabilities through the Honourable Speaker has been made today and we await a response within 14 days.
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Yours in Solidarity,
Nokuzola Ndwandwe,
Founder of Team Free Sanitary Pads,
Menstrual Health Rights Activist,
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Media Inquiries: nokuzola.ndwandwe@gmail.com / contact: (+27) 0762638609