GIRLS IN SEYCHELLES TO RECEIVE FREE SANITARY PRODUCTS, RELIEVING PRESSURE ON FAMILIES

Sanitary products will be made available free of charge to all girls in Seychelles in both state and private secondary schools as of the new school year in January 2022. This move by the government follows a motion in the National Assembly calling on the government to start looking into making monthly hygiene and sanitary products for women and girls more affordable. The motion also commits the government to ensuring that women and girls who cannot afford to buy these products can obtain them free of charge.