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Hey, it's Ikra and this is What's in the World from the BBC World Service.
And I wanted to introduce you to Manur Omer.
She's a 25-year-old woman who's challenging her government over the price of period products in Pakistan.
It's not just, to me, a tax on pads.
To me, it's a tax on going to school.
It's a tax on playing sports.
It's a tax on, you know, going to work, being comfortable, leaving your house.
Girls drop out of school because of this. 34% of girls are out of school in Pakistan compared to only 22% of boys.
But before we hear from Manur, let 's talk about the situation with period product tax across the world
because it 's quite a mixed picture.
So tax is an additional charge added by the government.
So when you buy something, a shop gets a price of the product, but the government gets the extra tax money.
Countries like Tanzania, Argentina and Hungary all tax period products.