Female employees of La Union provincial government will now get two 'period days' every month

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From terrible cramps and nausea to heavy bleeding, from constant worries of stains to changing menstrual cycles, from period poop to PMS and the wild frenzy of hormones — and everything that entails — women's periods are no laughing matter.

entails — women's periods are no laughing matter.

So it is really about time that something like the Menstruation Privilege Executive Order of La Union has come to existence — and signed as official. On social media Tuesday, La Union governor Rafy Ortega-David announced the Menstruation Privilege Executive Order no. 25 has already been signed. This means female employees of the provincial government of La Union will now get two period days a month, where they can avail of "a work-from-home arrangement.""I hope that with this EO, we can spread awareness and be kinder to our female employees lalong-lalo na sa kanilang period days," she added.

 

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