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[SIZE=6]Forget maternity leave - women should get PAID menstrual leave every month[/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4]"Women who suffer from period pains and feel under the weather each month should get paid leave, a leading doctor has suggested. [/SIZE]
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Gedis Grudzinskas, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, believes ‘menstrual leave’ would boost women’s motivation and productivity when they are in the workplace.
He even goes as far as to question if a woman were to accidentally become pregnant, should her employer pay for the termination - although concedes that ‘society is unlikely to be ready for that’.
Mr Grudzinskas, formerly of St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London - and who now practices in Harley Street - is a leading international figure in the field of Reproductive Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics.
Explaining his reasoning, he told MailOnline: 'Some women feel really grotty when menstruating. Coming into work is a struggle and they feel lousy.
‘When you feel like that, it’s harder to take pride in your work or perform as well. This is about employers being sensible and aware.’
Like maternity leave, he proposes the menstrual leave should not interfere with career progression or structure.
‘It would be one to three days each month, separate to sick leave entitlement – it is not sickness, after all.’
Menstrual leave is already recognised in some countries in Asia, such as Japan and Indonesia.
The concept is believed to have started in Japan in the early 20th century.
Writing in the journal Health Care for Women International, Alice J. Dan, of the University of Illinois, explains that menstruation leave first emerged as an issue in the 1920s and 1930s when employed women were mostly young, and working conditions for them were difficult.
‘The lack of adequate sanitary facilities and materials made management of menstruation especially difficult for factory and transportation workers,’ she said.
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Do you think this would work here, I know offices where work comes to a stop when a lady with a critical role to play is on her menses. Some become angry cats, very moody, hissing and cursing for the entire period hadi kila mtu ana mu avoid[/SIZE]
Not necessary. It isn’t a disease
…yes and no…i know of some women who have serious pain during such days…but what of those who rarely notices the onset? i dont think its viable…
hapa ktalk vile kila mtu ni mwanaume utapata mawaidha kweli kwa huu mjadala wa wanawake?
let them get 3 days paid leave every month
Yes for those who undergo a little hell every month.
menstruating is nature learn to live with it. waache kupenda za bure…
but we have spouses and we are managers. where i work we don’t ask for details if a lady team member calls in sick for three days in a month, company policy. beyond three days she fills a sick sheet…
exactly ring in sick if u feel you are not fit to work
*** no insult intended to the pink handles and all women** but work places / classes would be much better without the monthly PMS induced moodswings etc etc in some women.
a female doctor wont perfom that very important and very urgent surgical operation on a patient because she is menstruating?
what’s wrong with a little bit of menstrual insurance? ??
As a lady I can attest to the agony experienced so I wouldn’t mind a four day paid leave.
pili owing to the fact that sanitary towels are bloody costly.
So I could vouch for this gynae’s ambition.
women should be paid for being…er…women?
maze pads ni expe
hata sisi hulipia kunyolewa ndevu na hatusumbui. kulipa cab na kahawa na hatusumbui. kuchangia salon na hatusumbui. airtime na hata hatupigiwi simu etc…
aaaa baba hizo ni mizigo za kujiwekea.
this 'red wagon ’ shida ain’t voluntary lol
we can’t live without the “things” that make us pay for those things now, can we? …those are “fundamentals”…
the pay will help refurbish some of these ‘fuu-ndamendals’ right? !!!
the pay will help refurbish some of these ‘fuu-ndamendals’ right? !!!
which the pay will refurbish right after the 'red wagon ’