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The Daily Digest: A Period-Friendly Workplace

Tan Heang Lee, Communications Officer, Women's Aid Organisation (WAO)

01-Apr-19 14:00

The Daily Digest: A Period-Friendly Workplace

A football app start-up in Gothenburg is set to become the first business in Sweden to be certified as menstruation-friendly. Do initiatives like this help banish the period taboo and empower women in the workplace, or does it perpetuate the old idea that women need special treatment? We discuss this.

Produced by: Kelly Anissa

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek, Sharmilla Ganesan, Kelly Anissa


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Categories:  Politics,  Law and Legal Matters,  Entrepreneurship,  Personal Development,  Social Issues

Tags:  menstruation,  stigma,  equality,  PMS,  feminism,  anti-feminism,  Daily Digest,  Bigger Picture, 


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