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Pro-women lawmaker Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has recently filed a measure that, if enacted, would grant all female employees in the private and public sectors a maximum of two days of fully paid menstrual leave per month. Brosas filed House Bill (HB) No.7758, or the proposed Menstrual...

MADRID, Spain -- Spain's parliament approved Thursday a law granting paid medical leave to women suffering severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation. The law, which passed by 185 votes in favour to 154 against, is aimed at breaking a taboo on the subject,...

MADRID, Spain -- Spanish lawmakers on Thursday voted through a bill granting paid medical leave to women who suffer from severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation. Spain's left-wing government said the legislation -- which passed its first reading by 190...

MADRID, Spain -- Spain's plan to become the first European nation to allow women to take "menstrual leave" from work has sparked a debate that has split the country's leftist coalition government and unions. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government is expected to include the menstrual...