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In 2020, Aurélie, who did not wish to share her name, wakes up blind from a summer night. This happens to her from time to time, when she has her period. She loses her sight for a few hours, then eventually regains it. This is one of the symptoms of “disabling dysmenorrhea”, or painful period syndrome. At that time, Aurélie was a temporary worker and worked at the reception of a museum, in the middle of the summer period. For fear of being fired, she does not dare to be absent and asks her husband to accompany her to her workplace. “I was afraid of getting hit by a car on the way,” she confides. Vomiting, stomach aches, diarrhea… The symptoms linked to dysmenorrhea are very varied.
“Equal opportunities cannot exist unless special arrangements are put in place for women suffering from dysmenorrhea”, says Hélène Conway-Mouret. In April 2023, the socialist senator representing French people established outside France tabled a bill aimed at “improve and guarantee health and well-being at work”. Examined in plenary session Thursday, February 15 in the Senate, on the occasion of the parliamentary niche of the Socialist, Ecologist and Republican group, the text provides for arrangements for teleworking organization for women suffering from “dysmenorrhea, including endometriosis” and the creation of a specific work stoppage, of a duration not exceeding two days per month and valid for one year. It would apply without a waiting day and might be mobilized by any person benefiting from a “work stoppage prescription” delivered by a doctor or midwife.
“This is a big step in recognizing the suffering of some women during their periodsgreets Maud Leblon, from the Règles Elementaryes association. Especially for those, the most socially disadvantaged, who cannot afford to take sick leave with waiting days. » For the designers of the text, the implementation of this system is also a way of encouraging employees in both the public and private sectors to begin medical follow-up.
“Often, women have given up on care for a long time”, assures Isabelle Derrendinger, president of the National Council of the Order of Midwives. To all those who received a response “It’s normal, it’s your period”while they complained of having a stomach ache, Isabelle Derrendinger recalls: “No, that’s not normal. Women should not experience their pain as an implacable fate. »
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