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Pakistan ends 'luxury tax' on menstrual products, contraceptives. Will prices drop?
In Pakistan, taxes on menstrual products can add up. Activists have long worked to change this. Now a new budget wipes out the 18% sales tax. But questions remain about the impact on prices.
What does eliminating this tax reveal about societal attitudes toward womens health? If we truly value gender equality, shouldnt access to reproductive healthcare be considered a basic right rather than a luxury? This policy shift hints at a fundamental question: are we genuinely committed to womens autonomy, or just paying lip service to the concept? Will this change actually improve healthcare accessibility, or will we find other barriers?
Worth thinking about for sure.