Gyeonggi-do Provides 'Basic Menstrual Products' to 109,000 Adolescent Girls

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will provide 11,500 KRW per month for menstrual product purchases to female adolescents aged 11 to 18, starting to accept applications from July 1.

The eligible applicants are approximately 109,000 female adolescents born between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2010. However, they must reside in one of the 14 cities and counties participating in Gyeonggi Province's "Universal Support Project for Basic Menstrual Products for Female Adolescents," including Ansan, Gunpo, Gwangju, Gimpo, Icheon, Anseong, Hanam, Yeoju, Yangpyeong, Guri, Pocheon, Dongducheon, Gapyeong, and Yeoncheon. The remaining 17 cities and counties have not yet joined this project.

Additionally, female adolescents receiving support from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family are excluded from this project. Currently, the Ministry selectively supports menstrual product vouchers (11,500 KRW per month, National Happiness Card) for female adolescents aged 11 to 18 from basic livelihood security recipients, legally defined lower-income groups, and single-parent families.

Applications can be submitted from July 1 to 14 by accessing the application site via the internet or mobile and completing mobile phone identity verification. If applicants miss the application period or have difficulty verifying their phone number, they can submit their application at their local eup/myeon/dong administrative welfare center by December 10 this year.

Female adolescents will receive a total of 69,000 KRW over six months (11,500 KRW per month) for basic menstrual product purchases in the form of a card or mobile local currency.

Park Seung-sam, Director of the Lifelong Education Bureau of the province, said, "We are very honored to be the first metropolitan local government to universally support basic menstrual products for female adolescents in Gyeonggi Province," and emphasized, "We will do our best to ensure that all cities and counties participate in the project annually so that all female adolescents in the province can benefit."

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