130k teenage girls to receive free monthly personal hygiene kits

Published: Oct 29, 2021 9:44 AM | Updated: Nov 11, 2021 1:43 AM

BUDGET 2022 | The government will provide free personal hygiene kits every month to about 130,000 teenage girls from B40 families to tackle the issue of period poverty, said Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

“It is estimated that 130,000 teenage girls from B40 families in Malaysia do not have access to hygiene products, such as menstrual pads, due to financial constraints...

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