{"id":2090,"date":"2023-06-07T11:16:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T10:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2023-06-07T11:16:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T10:16:21","slug":"spain-enacts-law-that-allows-for-paid-menstrual-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/spain-enacts-law-that-allows-for-paid-menstrual-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Enacts Law that Allows for Paid Menstrual Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"section-g982610\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e6 section-g982610 gutentor-element gutentor-element-image\"><div class=\"gutentor-element-image-box\"><div class=\"gutentor-image-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"normal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/spain.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Women in Spain now have the right to take time off work when they have their period, according to a new sexual and reproductive health law, which came into effect on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new law titled \u201cGender Equality bill\u201d was put forward by the left-wing government and approved by the parliament in February, and since then have passed a series of amendments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Female workers in Spain only require a doctor\u2019s note to take menstrual leave according to the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The duration of the leave from work is in principle unlimited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the law, the duration of the leave depends on how severe the menstrual pain is and how long it lasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The costs are covered by the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking after the parliamentary vote, Equality Minister Irene Montero said it is a \u201chistoric day for the advancement of feminist rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill gives women the option to call in sick, in case of incapacitating menstruation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a right step towards the right direction, and a wake- up call for other countries to emulate this, by making menstrual leave with pay a law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Together we can end all form of period stigma!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the law, the duration of the leave depends on how severe the menstrual pain is and how long it lasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[101,20,30,24,23],"class_list":["post-2090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-canada_nigeria-canadadev-actionaidnigeria-unwomen-nigeriawomenmatter","tag-genderequality","tag-globalafairscanada","tag-feminism","tag-women"],"gutentor_comment":1,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2093,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions\/2093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}