The HAHA Beat: SHE's Instigating at work: EALA pushes for affordable pads

Our instigating efforts are paying forward! Thanks to long-time SHE advocate Dr. Odette Nyiramilimo, whom we met with earlier this year (check out our blog post), the East African Legislative Assembly is pushing for cheaper sanitary pads with a resolution to waive value-added taxes (18% in Rwanda) across East Africa!

Check out the article here: http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=15458&a=69783

Re-visit our blog post about meeting with Dr. Nyiramilimo here: http://sheinnovates.blogspot.com/2013/03/an-end-to-value-added-taxes-is-in-sight.html

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