AÑO
2021
CATEGORÍA
Comunidad
OBJETIVOS
Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas, Alianzas para lograr los objetivos, Confianza, tolerancia y empatía
PAL. CLAVE
tax discrimination, tampon, BOOK, Germany, The Female Company
PAÍS
Germany
CRÉDITOS
Scholz & Friends Berlin
LINK
https://www.thefemalecompany.com/tampon-book-en/
The Tampon Book
A book against tax discrimination.
Caviar, truffles or oil paintings? Until recently in Germany, many luxury goods were taxed with the reduced rate of only 7%, while tampons were taxed with 19%. Unfair? Yes! But German politicians refused to take notice. The Female Company decided to outsmart the sexist law with the law itself. Books are taxed at 7%, so it sold tampons hidden inside a book in order to avoid the sexist tax. A broad alliance of influencers, journalists, drugstores and politicians supported the campaign. On November 7, 2019, Germany abolished the tampon tax.