Period poverty: Perak plans to install sanitary napkin vending machines at strategic spots


IPOH: Perak plans to place sanitary napkin vending machines at strategic areas as one of the measures to address the issue of period poverty among adolescents and women from the B40 group in the state.

Women, Family and Community Welfare Development Committee chairman Datuk Dr Wan Norashikin Wan Noordin said it was also proposed that the vending machines be stationed at public recreational areas and schools.

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