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Govt should give washable pads to teen girls for sustainability - MP

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PARLIAMENT | Fuziah Salleh (Harapan-Kuantan) suggested giving teenage girls “washable” menstrual pads which can be reused instead of disposable ones.

She questioned whether the government's move to give disposable pads to about 130,000 teenage girls monthly is a sustainable practice.

“If we want to give to these 130,000 teenagers the whole year, is this sustainable? That is if we directly give them the menstrual pads, but if we involve NGOs...

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