Not just a women’s issue


Every little bit counts: Goh (left) handing out sanitary pads to underprivileged women.

JOHOR BARU: Menstruation tends to be a taboo topic for Asians but two men from Johor are on a mission to help less privileged women – by providing them with sanitary pads.

JiShan Single Mothers Club chairman Goh Teck Kuan has been assisting single mums for about seven years and he recently started distributing sanitary pads to the poor as some have been forced to recycle their disposable pads.

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