Spain is the first western country to grant a three-day “menstrual license” for period pain.
Women suffering from severe period pains will have up to three days off a month under a reform plan due to be approved by the Spanish government next week. The proposed reform will make Spain the first Western country to offer the right to menstrual leave, where women would be guaranteed time off during their periods. Currently, only a few Asian countries grant this “holiday”, including Japan, South Korea and Indonesia, as well as Zambia.
According to the Spanish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, about a third of menstruating women experience severe pain, and this proportion increases when premenstrual pain is included. Symptoms are acute abdominal pain, headache, diarrhea and fever.
“If someone has an illness with such symptoms, a temporary disability is granted, then so should menstruation – so that a woman with a very painful period can stay at home,” said Angela Rodriguez, secretary of state for Equality. “The Periodical”.
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The reform, which is expected to be approved at next Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, includes other measures to improve menstrual health, such as: B. an obligation on schools to provide sanitary pads for girls. Pads and tampons are also made available free of charge to marginalized women and VAT is deducted from the selling price in supermarkets – an old demand of women in Spain.
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In the same reform package, Spain’s left-wing government plans to make abortion more widely available, removing parental permission requirements for 16- and 17-year-olds and guaranteeing access to abortions in public hospitals. Currently, entire areas of the country are no-abortion zones due to exclusionary policies that allow doctors to refuse abortions on ethical grounds. Abortion, available on request up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, remains a controversial issue in Catholic-majority Spain. In response to frequent protests outside abortion clinics, the country’s parliament recently made it a criminal offense to harass or intimidate women into interfering with their right to abortion.
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