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The Federal Government decided, on International Women's Day, to distribute free pad as the realization of public policies. This occurred after the preliminary veto of the bill that was approved by Congress last year
The president, however, authorized the offer of sanitary napkins, which is limited only to some groups of women, subject to the existence of a budget. R$ will be R$ 130 million allocated for the distribution of pads, but the text sent by the government to the press does not mention values.
According to the Ministry of Health, the program will benefit about 3 million women, among whom will be homeless people, in fulfillment of socio-educational measure and students from 9 to 24 years old enrolled in a school health program.
Regarding the distribution of pads for free, there is no reference to trans men, who somehow menstruate, the text of the published decree makes no mention of this group.
The current minister of health, when regulating the program for the protection and promotion of women's menstrual health, said that such project expands the bill that had been sanctioned by the president in October.
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However, even though there are ironies highlighted by the current president in a certain period, when he called the program a “modess aid”, the program was duly regulated, but some sources bet that it is a strategy of the Executive.
As already mentioned, according to the general secretariat of the presidency, in an official note, the program for providing free sanitary pads “will be subject to budgetary and financial availability.”
In order to avoid misunderstanding of the veto in the bill that brought the issue of pads, the current president constituted the program that promoted menstrual health during an event at the Palácio do Planalto on March 8.
While around 130 million will be allocated to this project, which will distribute free tampons to the most debilitated and vulnerable group, according to statements by the current minister of health. A value greater than provided for in the bill.
According to the secretary of the Ministry of Health, of Primary Care, Raphael Câmara, three groups of women will benefit from the free pad distribution program, about 3 million women, among them:
Therefore, the Minister of Health ensured, when regulating the program that promotes the protection and promotion of menstrual health, that such program is an extension carried out in the bill that has already been sanctioned.
However, there are rumors that the program will distribute free tampons as part of a strategy outlined by the executive branch to try to bring women closer to it, since we are in an election year.
As stated by the Minister of Health, Queiroga, this is a “transversal issue. It involves Education, Citizenship and Justice.” However, to justify the preliminary veto, he states that “the responsibility for allocating resources was exclusively Health”.
The hope of technicians in the department is that around 3,620 women will be benefited, including women who are living on the streets, women who are in compliance with socio-educational measures and women who are students enrolled in the school's health program and beneficiaries of the Aid Brazil, from 9 to 24 years old.
It was recalled that the Ministry of Health invests around 1.8 billion per year in the program that deals with breast and cervical cancer, including surgeries, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and others.
Finally, Law No. 14,214 that was regulated, which promotes the Menstrual Health Promotion Protection Program, is already in force and already has an immediate effect on its benefits. Follow more news and tips by clicking here.
According to the Ministry of Women, the focus is on the lack of access to hygiene products and other essential products during the menstrual period or even the lack of resources, which can be guaranteed, along with basic care and inclusion. Read more about.
However, according to the Ministry of Justice, the “implementation of actions aimed at making sanitary pads available to women deprived of liberty” The program will carry out the protection of menstrual health, even if subject to budgetary and financial availability.
