While condoms are freely available at public centres, thousands of teenage girls are missing school because they do not have sanitary pads when they menstruate.
In a written reply to the DA’s questions in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, MEC for social development Morakane Mosupyoe said the department’s underexpenditure on the dignity packs programme was due to late finalisation of specifications. Snyman said there was a stigma around the embarrassing story of the struggle of being female. “Why are condoms freely available when sex is a choice, yet you can’t choose to menstruate or not? Why are pads not freely available?” Snyman asked.
“How embarrassing it would be if a girl had to rinse her pad at the tap to hang out to dry in front of everyone.”
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