Zambia’s Menstrual Leave Policy: A Role Model For The World?

Women to walk to raise awareness of "period poverty"

A GROUP of Lymm women are to walk around the village on May 24 to raise awareness and donations for girls and women trapped in “period poverty”. Organiser Jane Savage will be dressed up as a woman’s menstrual pad – so won’t be easily missed. Jane says 500 million women across the world are trapped in “period poverty”. They either can’t afford sanitary packs, don’t have access to them, or don’t know they exist. As a result women miss work, girls …

Zambia’s Menstrual Leave Policy: A Role Model For The World?

Zambia has implemented a menstrual leave policy, granting women the right to take a day off each month without needing to show a medical certificate. In 2015, Zambia became the only African country to introduce this menstrual leave day, known as "Mother's Day" acknowledging the pain and discomfort women experience during their periods. Should more Countries implement menstrual leave? Still, in many countries, menstruation is treated as a taboo. …

The Association of Producers and Exporters of Huelva Strawberry, Freshuelva, has announced the first preliminary results of a pilot clinical trial that promotes together with the University of Huelva (UHU) on the possible benefits and reduction of menstrual pain in young women due to the consumption of fresh strawberries. It is, as Freshuelva has indicated in a note, an innovative research that "could mark a before and after" in the natural and …