10 minutes agoNew Law in Montenegro: Women with painful menstrual cycle take two days off each month
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(an hour ago)Montenegro's Parliament adopted legal changes allowing women with diagnosed gynecological diseases that cause painful menstruation to take two days off paid monthly.
Yesterday, on July 27th, Parliament adopted changes to the Health Insurance Law, which give women diagnosed with secondary dysmerials, painful menstrual cycles accompanied by stomach pains, mixed and fatigue, the right for two days paid monthly permission.
This right applies to women who have painful menstrual cycles caused by organic causes, such as endometriosis, fibroids, polyps, and other gynecological diseases, reports Vijesti.
The initiative for amendments to the law was presented in March this year, on the eve of International Women's Day, by independent MP Jevova Pejovic.
The bill was previously unanimously supported at meetings of the Health, Labour and Social Management Commission and the Legislative Commission.
In explaining the law, it is said that the purpose of the changes is to adequately regulate the pathological conditions diagnosed in secondary dysmenrhea, remove prejudice at the workplace, and establish a balance between women's health maintenance and professional obligations.
As noted, women with secondary dysmenority are recognized the right to a particular temporary disability for work.
A secondary dimension refers to painful menstrual complaints caused by previously diagnosed gynaecological diseases, such as endometriosis, fibroids, inflammation of ovaries, endometric polyps, and the syndrome of policy ovaries, as well as a condition that can be associated with painful sexual relations, difficulty in urination, infertility, or serious menstrual bloodshed.
The only European country that has already introduced menstrual permission is Spain, as part of efforts to harmonise health and work.
Similar proposals have been submitted to the Italian parliament twice in the last 10 years.
Some Italian companies have already introduced menstrual permission into their social security systems.
A poll in the Netherlands showed that most women support this option, but they fear it could negatively affect their career.
While Europe is still debating, the menstrual absence has been a practice in several East Asian countries for decades.
Japan has been in Japan for nearly 80 years, and in South Korea for nearly two and a half decades. Indonesia, Taiwan and several Chinese provinces have also introduced that right.
