The government will be providing free personal hygiene kits every month to about 130,000 teenage girls from B40 families, in order to tackle the issue of period poverty, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

“It is estimated that 130,000 teenage girls from B40 families in Malaysia do not have access to hygiene products, such as menstrual pads, due to financial constraints.

“As such, the National Population and Family Development Board, in cooperation with the Prison Department, will distribute personal hygiene kits for free every month to 130,000 teenage girls from B40 families,” Tengku Zafrul said while tabling Budget 2022 in the Dewan Rakyat today.