A proposed law on the establishment of menstrual leave in France will be debated in the National Assembly on April 4. In France, one in two women, aged 15 to 49, suffers from painful periods.
A similar text, providing for two days of leave per month, with no waiting period, was rejected by the Senate last February (206 votes to 117) In March, the town hall of Saint-Ouen became the first city to offer this leave to its employees. On February 16, the Spanish Parliament definitively adopted a law providing leave for women suffering from painful period.