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date	14/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Sanitary Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help support women and girls in Zimbabwe to access women's hygiene and sanitary products.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	36887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>Alongside international partners, the UK has funded the 'Supporting a Resilient Health System' (SRHS) Programme in Zimbabwe, which delivered essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, new-born, child and adolescent health and nutrition services. This programme benefitted 5.4 million women and children in Zimbabwe between 2017 and 2022. The SRHS programme delivered menstrual health education as part of the Sister2Sister (S2S) clubs which included supporting sustainable menstrual health options for girls such as disposable pads, reusable pads, menstrual cups, and menstrual underwear. The UK is also working alongside the Government of Zimbabwe to help provide sanitary products for schools - since 2012, 60,000 girls have been provided with sanitary pads have been provided through the UK-supported Zimbabwe Girls' Secondary Education (ZGSE) Programme.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 20/07/2022 16:47:32 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

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date	06/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Sanitary Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has made an assessment of the difficulties that women in Zimbabwe face in obtaining sanitary products in that country; and whether he is taking steps to tackle that humanitarian need.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	229108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Period poverty is a serious issue in Zimbabwe. For example, recent reports show that some 62% of girls are missing school every month and 5% drop out completely due to menstruation. The Government of Zimbabwe has sought to address this through suspending import duty and value added tax on sanitaryware. Through our programmes in Zimbabwe we are currently supporting over 12,000 girls to stay in secondary school by providing a package of essential items including sanitaryware. In addition, the recently launched United Nations humanitarian flash appeal highlights procurement of sanitaryware as a priority action for specific groups.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/03/2019 15:42:04 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry