Tampons, pads A 4% VAT discount will be applied instead of the current 10% for other feminine hygiene products. It was a commitment signed by government partners in the coalition agreement, but it costs money: This measure to combat menstrual poverty is finally included in the third General Government Budgets.
this lowering this tax It was announced when Third Vice President and Minister of Labor Yolanda Díaz made it public that United We Can and PSOE had agreed on budget projects.
“We’ll finally download VAT from 10% to 4% for feminine hygiene products. These are essentials, not luxury,” Díaz said, adding that VAT on condoms and non-medical birth control pills will also be lowered.
This measure was widely celebrated by the Ministry of Equality, which had already failed in its project to reform the abortion law and at Podemos. The purple formation has been fighting for this reduction ever since it entered Executive.
Head of Equality, Irene Montero, said that this reduction in VAT “financial and feminist justice”He said: “Fighting menstrual poverty and protecting the health of all women is a duty.”
Also Minister of State for Equality and Against Gender-Based Violence, Angela Rodriguez She rejoiced in what she considered “the best news” because “menstrual poverty is one of the most unjust. gender inequalities We continue to suffer”. According to her, “country-level feminist budgets” were negotiated.
And UP leader Ione Belarra said, “especially pleased finally succeeded in reducing VAT on feminine hygiene products”.
“An injustice pink ratioThe Minister of Social Rights also emphasized that women -especially the most insecure ones- have endured for a very long time in our country.