women's health

8 in 10 women say stigma around periods has held them back in their career
Menstruation

8 in 10 women say stigma around periods has held them back in their career

Free period products, flexible working and additional breaks are the top three things employers can do to help people who menstruate manage their periods at work, according to new research from WaterAid.

4 things bosses can do this International Women’s Day instead of pink logos and hashtags
International Women's Day

4 things bosses can do this International Women’s Day instead of pink logos and hashtags

Menopause and menstruation leave, flexible working, gender pay gap and ethnicity pay gap reporting are all real ways to make workplaces more accessible for women.

‘Periods are not an illness’: Spain just became the first country in Europe to introduce menstrual leave
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‘Periods are not an illness’: Spain just became the first country in Europe to introduce menstrual leave

Women’s rights groups have welcomed the move to give people who menstruate paid leave, and there are calls for it to be introduced in the UK

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won’t the government listen?
Elizabeth Carr-Ellis

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won’t the government listen?

What the US Supreme Court needs to know about the path to motherhood
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What the US Supreme Court needs to know about the path to motherhood

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Book reviews: Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, and The Drowned Forest by Angela Barry
Books

Book reviews: Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, and The Drowned Forest by Angela Barry