Egyptian company becomes first in country to give women a day off for their period

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‘At first, employees were shocked and shy as it is not normal to talk freely about this issue here in the Middle East and North Africa region,’ says the company’s head of human resources

The firm’s CEO Mohamed Naiem decided to introduce the policy after reading medical articles about period pains and noticing many women organisations were calling for paid holiday time when they are menstruating, the spokesperson said.

 

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That is one of the most important steps of making their state great again.

In the name of equality, men get the same amount of days off too right!?

A day? I suppose it's a step in the right direction.

Periods don't last one day....but this is a good move either way.

The company name pls

Is this sexist?

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