The bill intends to provide two days of paid menstrual leave every month to public and private sector female employees. A girls’ school in the Indian State of Kerala granted its students menstrual leave as early as 1912. This financial year, a couple of companies in India have individually introduced the policy of paid menstrual leave for their female employees. Interestingly, the history of paid menstrual leave goes back to times as early as the World War II. Countries like Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, and Taiwan have been far-sighted and have been providing female employees with menstrual leave as an entitlement.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 15, 2018 06:33 UTC