Access to Menstrual Products is a Constitutional Right. Period. - On Period Poverty and the (Un)Constitutionality of Tampon Tax
Eskitaşçıoğlu, İlayda
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2019
Verfassungsblog
2019-12-05
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On 7 November, the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed a legislation which will reduce the sales tax on menstrual products from 19 percent, for those classified as “luxury goods”, to 7 percent. While most international human rights instruments as well as constitutions are silent on the issue of access to menstrual products, the “tampon tax” reveals a deep gender bias in tax systems around the world. This bias is not only detrimental to the socio-economic rights of women but it is also unconstitutional as sex-based discrimination.
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Eskitaşçıoğlu, İlayda
Discrimination
Human Rights
342
https://verfassungsblog.de/access-to-menstrual-products-is-a-constitutional-right-period/
Verfassungsblog
2366-7044
Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH
10.17176/20191206-060520-0
191205
10.17176/20191206-060520-0
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