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Menopause leaves many women suffering in silence at work, but the push for change is on
With two thriving organizations to run and a team of staff members to lead, Kate Sinfield could not afford to have anything get in her way. Important points: The careers of hundreds of Australian females are afflicted by menopause A new organisation needs workplaces to give them better support Menopause prices girls an estimated $15b in yearly earnings and super But a few years back, throughout the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, she began showing signs of menopause. “When I initially turned what I now know as menopausal, I really considered I might fully lost my intellect, because I could not keep in mind everything,” she said. The 57-yr-previous runs Sin Gin…
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Women’s health in Turkmenistan: ‘Silence strips us of agency. This must change’ | Global development
Turkmenistan has two faces. The first is the one we see in state media: a pretty dancer, a caring mother, a sister or daughter in a beautiful traditional dress. She may be dancing, cooking or decorating an event with her presence. The second is closer to reality: women and girls who have nowhere to go when they meet domestic violence, have no recourse to contraception and family planning services, and face sexual harassment – a few examples on a long list of unmet needs. Access to information is severely curtailed. The state owns or controls all media and the internet is aggressively censored and restricted. As founder and editor of…