Spain menstrual leave

Parental permission to end for terminations and up to five days' leave a month for painful periods.

“The voluntary termination of a pregnancy will be guaranteed in all public hospitals. For that to happen, all centres with obstetrics and gynaecology services will need to have staff who guarantee the right to voluntary termination of a pregnancy. It would also scrap the current three-day period of reflection for those seeking a termination.

The move is part of a package covering the 'tampon tax' and access to period productions and abortion.

"One in four women cannot choose the feminine hygiene products she wants to buy for financial reasons. "The rights related to menstrual health have never been discussed and the data is chilling," said the Secretary of State for Equality and against Gender Violence, Ángela Rodríguez to the newspaper El Periódico. The Telegraph reports that the the same package includes granting leave for abortion, ending the parental permission requirement for abortions for 16 and 17-year-olds, and guaranteeing access to abortion in public hospitals.

It would be a first in Europe, although there are several countries in Asia that offer similar leave. Studies estimate up to 75% of women suffer from severe ...

"One in four women cannot choose the feminine hygiene products she wants to buy for financial reasons. However, it also names surrogacy, which is illegal in Spain, a form of "violence against women", according to the Cadena Ser. It would allow the courts to prosecute couples who go abroad to use a surrogate. Previous studies estimate that 60% to 90% of young women worldwide suffer from dysmenorrhea - severe period pain - and in Spain, approximately 75% of women are affected, although exact figures are difficult to verify, according to the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Putting on your bravest face and your most unflappable professional demeanour when your lower abdomen is a churning hotbed of pain on day 1 of your cycle: ...

The Spanish government also plans to make another aspect of women's healthcare - abortion - more accessible. 'It is important to clarify what a painful period is,' she continued. It's seemed a long way off in the western world.

Spain is due to approve plans next week that allow women who suffer from severe period pain to take three days of menstrual leave each month.

She added: “One in four women cannot choose the feminine hygiene products she wants to buy for financial reasons. It recently made it a criminal offence to harass or intimidate women with the object of impeding their right to abortion. Secretary of State for Equality Angela Rodriguez said to the El Periodico newspaper: “It is important to clarify what a painful period is, we are not talking about a slight discomfort, but about serious symptoms such as diarrhoea, severe headaches and fever.

The three-day leave per month would see Spain join countries such as Japan, Korea and Indonesia.

This is a long-standing demand from women in Spain, The Telegraph noted. One requirement would be for all schools to provide sanitary pads for girls who need them. Labour laws being drafted in Spain will provide time off from work for women suffering from severe period pain.

Spain is set to become the very first European country to approve a law granting 'menstrual leave' for women suffering period pain, set to be capped at ...

Still, the plan will make Spain the first European country to offer it, and may inspire other Western countries to do the same. The move may inspire other Western countries to do the same. Spain is not the first country to unveil a plan like this, with countries such as Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, and Zambia all offer guaranteed menstrual leave.

According to a reform plan that is due to get approved by Spain's government next week, the country will become the first Western country to offer period ...

Apart from this, sanitary pads will be provided to students who need them. According to a reform plan that is due to get approved by Spain's government next week, the country will become the first Western country to offer period leaves under which women would be able to get time off during that time of the month. They will be granted menstrual leaves from work for up to three days in a month.

Spain is set to become the first Western country to offer menstruation leave at the workplace, nationally. Where does India stand?

For women from marginalised sections of society, sanitary pads and tampons will be given free of cost, as per news reports. The Spanish Gynaecology and Obstetrics Society says that around one-third of women who menstruate suffer from severe pain during their periods. In the United States, some companies provide menstrual leave.

The Spanish government is expected to offer three to five days off work for women who suffer from severe period pains in a European first.

The proposed law would introduce at least three sick days each month for women who suffer from severe period pains, according to El Pais newspaper. The newspaper reports that this "medically supervised leave" could even be extended to five days for women with disabling periods who suffer severe cramps, nausea, dizziness and vomiting. Spain could become the first Western country to allow women to take several days of "menstrual leave" from the workplace each month under new proposed legislation to be unveiled next week.

Those suffering severe period pains will be permitted to have up to three days off work every month.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Women in Spain suffering severe pain during their periods will be permitted to have up to three days off work every month under the new plans. Those suffering severe period pains will be permitted to have up to three days off work every month

Spain is due to approve plans next week that allow women who suffer from severe period pain to take three days of menstrual leave each month.

She added: “One in four women cannot choose the feminine hygiene products she wants to buy for financial reasons. It recently made it a criminal offence to harass or intimidate women with the object of impeding their right to abortion. Secretary of State for Equality Angela Rodriguez said to the El Periodico newspaper: “It is important to clarify what a painful period is, we are not talking about a slight discomfort, but about serious symptoms such as diarrhoea, severe headaches and fever.

Spain's government is preparing a law that would overhaul its current regulation around women's rights—covering everything from menstruation leave to abortion ...

In the new legislation, there will be a register containing the names of all the doctors willing to do the procedure, and any medical staff who does not want to do the procedure will be given the ability to opt out of their involvement. While voluntary abortion was previously legal in Spain for women in the first 14 weeks of gestation, there was difficulty in finding a hospital or a doctor that would be willing to perform the procedure, according to the Guardian. It is unclear how many of the reforms will be kept in the text by the time it reaches the Council of Ministers next Tuesday and what its final wording will be, according to El Pais.

A government proposal that could make Spain the first country in Europe to allow workers to take menstrual leave has sparked debate over whether the policy ...

A handful of local governments in Spain already have embraced the idea. Italy briefly flirted with the idea in 2016, proposing a bill that would have provided three fully paid days off to workers who obtained medical certificates. “It’s important to be clear about what we mean by painful period,” she told El Periódico newspaper.

A government proposal that could make Spain the first country in Europe to allow workers to take menstrual leave has sparked debate over whether the policy ...

A handful of local governments in Spain already have embraced the idea. Italy briefly flirted with the idea in 2016, proposing a bill that would have provided three fully paid days off to workers who obtained medical certificates. “It’s important to be clear about what we mean by painful period,” she told El Periódico newspaper.

A reform bill introduced by the Spanish government seeks to grant the right to menstrual leave, would remove sales tax on sanitary products, and would ...

In Canada, advocates have long been calling for a national menstrual leave policy. “The voluntary termination of a pregnancy will be guaranteed in all public hospitals. “When there’s a problem that can’t be solved medically, we think it’s very sensible to have temporary sick leave.” Rodríguez claims that in Spain, “ one in four women cannot choose the feminine hygiene products she wants to buy for financial reasons. For that to happen, all centres with obstetrics and gynaecology services will need to have staff who guarantee the right to voluntary termination of a pregnancy. The bill proposes that free sanitary pads be provided to students and people in marginalized situations, and would get rid of the government sales tax on pads and tampons.