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    This document discusses the need to appraise or abolish the concept of "pink tax" and address the issue of "period poverty". It notes that menstruation is a natural process, but society has placed a taboo around it. To promote menstrual health, people need affordable access to convenient treatment options and sanitary products. While awareness of menstrual issues has grown, more investment is needed to meet the needs of all people who menstruate. No one should be left without sanitary protection due to lack of means or knowledge. The document reviews headlines discussing period poverty and pink tax. Period poverty can negatively impact dignity and human rights. UN goals call for eradicating period poverty through access to products and education. While a

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    This document discusses the need to appraise or abolish the concept of "pink tax" and address the issue of "period poverty". It notes that menstruation is a natural process, but society has placed a taboo around it. To promote menstrual health, people need affordable access to convenient treatment options and sanitary products. While awareness of menstrual issues has grown, more investment is needed to meet the needs of all people who menstruate. No one should be left without sanitary protection due to lack of means or knowledge. The document reviews headlines discussing period poverty and pink tax. Period poverty can negatively impact dignity and human rights. UN goals call for eradicating period poverty through access to products and education. While a

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    Cycle of Menstrual Health

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    Aditi Avvaru
    This document discusses the need to appraise or abolish the concept of "pink tax" and address the issue of "period poverty". It notes that menstruation is a natural process, but society has placed a taboo around it. To promote menstrual health, people need affordable access to convenient treatment options and sanitary products. While awareness of menstrual issues has grown, more investment is needed to meet the needs of all people who menstruate. No one should be left without sanitary protection due to lack of means or knowledge. The document reviews headlines discussing period poverty and pink tax. Period poverty can negatively impact dignity and human rights. UN goals call for eradicating period poverty through access to products and education. While a

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    CYCLE OF MENSTRUAL HEALTH: A

    NEED FOR AN APPRAISAL OR


    ABOLISHMENT OF PINK TAX AND
    PERIOD POVERTY

    ADITI AVVARU
    Designation: Law student
    Contact no. 9686098967
    AVVARU.20201BBL0016@PRESIDENCYUNIVERSITY.IN
    Abstract

    “Society has placed a taboo surrounding periods and menstrual health as if we should be
    ashamed of this natural and miraculous process that ultimately kept the human species alive-
    Tracy Lockwood”. In order to promote menstruation health, people must be able to choose
    treatment options that are convenient and comfortable for them and be capable of
    purchasing them and the commodities needed for self-care. Despite the fact that an upsurge
    in menstrual-related difficulties being recognised over the past ten years, more multi-
    sectorial investment is required to fully meet the requirements of all people who menstruate.
    Women ought not be left defenceless or forced to utilise sanitary pads or toilet paper if they
    lack the foresight, ability, or financial means to purchase their own sanitary protection. To
    thrive with dignity, a menstruator accessing sanitary products, WASH (Water, Sanitation and
    Hygiene) amenities, and knowledge. Headlines such as, ‘Solving period poverty is about
    more than just making products free’, ‘SC lawmakers want to end tax on feminine hygiene
    products, diapers’, these refer to the terms period poverty and pink tax independently. Period
    poverty can be awful as it can be lonely, humiliating, demeaning, and significantly affect a
    female’s dignity hence a human rights issues. UN Sustainable Development Goals speaking
    in terms of education, gender quality and clean water and sanitation has put forth the
    phrase, ‘For sustainable development, it is essential to eradicate period poverty and provide
    access to menstruation products’ which is non ambiguous and aims the target period
    poverty. Pink tax can be identified as extra tax or hidden tax amongst female consumers.
    Although there is no true "pink tax," numerous clothing items made for women are imported
    at greater rates than their male equivalents. Persistence of pink tax in society and its
    contribution to the pricing gap between men and women is still a topic of discussion. It is
    integral to understand gender pricing and period poverty as a form of discrimination that
    almost all women encounter in some manner.

    Keywords: menstruator, WASH, period poverty, US Sustainable Development Goals, pink


    tax, pricing gap,.etc

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