Women board a local train in Mumbai, India. PHOTO: EPA
NEW DELHI: A digital media company in India is offering ”menstrual leave” to female staff as part of its official policy and calling on authorities to legislate to give all working women the option of taking the first day of their period off work.
Mumbai-based Culture Machine said the new policy was a bid to fight social taboos around menstruation in India, where millions of women and girls face social discrimination, health problems and low self-esteem due to a lack of awareness.
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