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India Nixes Menstrual Leave: 'No One Will Hire Women'

Judges warn mandatory policy could harm women's job prospects

(Newser) - India's Supreme Court just shut down a push for nationwide menstrual leave, warning it could backfire on the very women it's meant to help. A two-judge bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant rejected a petition seeking a law that would grant working women and female students monthly...

Now Legal in Spain: Paid Menstrual Leave

Country also passes laws expanding abortion and transgender rights for teenagers

(Newser) - The Spanish parliament on Thursday approved legislation expanding abortion and transgender rights for teenagers, while making Spain the first country in Europe that will entitle workers to paid menstrual leave. The driving force behind the two laws was Equality Minister Irene Montero. The changes to sexual and reproductive rights mean...

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