Responding to the debate over mandatory period leaves for women, Union minister Smriti Irani said that such leaves are “part of the law, but it is only under the context of medical leaves”.
Amid the ongoing debate over paid menstrual leave, Anubhav Dubey, the founder of Chai Sutta Bar, wrote on social media about how his company started giving period leave around three months ago.
The logic that women’s physiology could result in them being denied professional opportunities needs to be challenged and rejected, rather than telling women that the only way they can survive in workspaces is if they strive to become like ‘men’
Menstrual leave, also known as period leave, became the subject of endless discussion and controversy on social media after the statement by Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani. The Menstrual Policy is a work policy that permits women employees to take time off when they are uncomfortable or in pain during their menstrual cycle.
Beauty brand Mama Earth's co-founder Ghazal Alagh has joined the debate over menstrual leave, which has become the talk of the town after Union Minister Smriti Irani brought up the issue in the Parliament.