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Scotland first in the world to make sanitary products free - Numbers.lk

While our women in the parliament trying to connect alleged 15% tax increase on sanitary products to the National Security. Scotland became the first country in the world to make tampons and pads free.

Activists rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in February in support of legislation for free period products. Scotland will make these products free to all who need them after lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that will require tampons and pads to be available in public places. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Activists rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in February in support of legislation for free period products. Scotland will make these products free to all who need them after lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that will require tampons and pads to be available in public places. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

27 November, 2020 | 14:23 p.m.

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