tampon tax

The start-up that wants to give you free tampons

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With an aim to empower both women in the workplace and girls in school, two young entrepreneurs have launched a drive to provide free sanitary products through corporate partnerships. Jihee Junn talks to Jacinta Gulasekharam of Dignity to find out how it all works. Menstruation! Lady business! That time of the month! Whatever medically accurate … Read more

After covering the price of tampons for Seven Sharp, the Pharmac decision has me seeing red

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TV reporter Kristin Hall spent much of 2016 drawing attention to the high price of sanitary products in New Zealand – a cost barrier that affects most women, but has serious implications for those at the bottom end of the income scale. Here she responds to this week’s decision by Pharmac not to fund sanitary … Read more