I couldn’t raise my head from the desk as I held my lower abdomen in period pain. Till this day, I wonder why so many people turn a deaf ear to period pain. Period pain doesn’t define womanhoodAccording to the National Health Service (UK), period pain happens when the muscles in the uterus contract or tighten to help the womb lining shed as part of your period. Period leave and its nightmaresMenstrual leave, a policy that affords women suffering extreme period pain certain time off work, exists in countries like Taiwan, Indonesia, South Korea, and Zambia. More importantly, period and period pain are not choices, but the bloody truth.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 29, 2020 09:22 UTC