Now a few Canadian women are urging Canada to join the movement. No one wants to hear about your journey.”“The U.K. is very far ahead of Canada with respect to our attitude toward menopause,” Dr. Wendy Wolfman, president of the Canadian Menopause Society and board member of the International Menopause Society, told the Star. Research released this month by the Menopause Foundation of Canada, a Canadian advocacy group, showed more than half of Canadian women aged 40 to 60 feel unprepared for menopause and more than two-thirds are not aware of common menopause symptoms. Untreated menopause may be the missing link to why more women aren’t breaking through the glass ceiling in Canada, said Janet Ko, co-founder of the Menopause Foundation. In the U.K., almost 90 per cent of women say menopause symptoms affect their ability to work.

Source: thestar October 16, 2022 22:08 UTC