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𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗿 𝗧𝗷𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗷𝗮𝗵 𝗡𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗡$𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗱-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀.
Ngurare made the call on Thursday in Windhoek while delivering opening remarks at the 9th High-Level Gender Advisory Committee Meeting, which he chairs.
Period poverty refers to the inability to afford and access adequate menstrual products and safe sanitation facilities.
The proposed allocation builds on the Dawn of Dignity initiative, launched in October 2025 at Don Bosco Primary School in the //Kharas Region. Through the initiative, 41,700 packs of sanitary pads were distributed across all 14 regions at a cost of approximately N$500,000.
The Prime Minister stressed the need for sustained interventions so that girls are not disadvantaged in their education because they cannot afford essential menstrual products.
“There must be a common denominator of advancing human values, advancing human dignity, advancing human rights. Whether you are rich or you are poor, you are a human being,” said Ngurare.
He added that the cost of providing sanitary products should not stand in the way of protecting human dignity. “And we have therefore no option but to make sure that we do that,” he said.
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SOURCE : Office of Prime Minister (OPM)
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