MDP parliamentary group shoots down menstrual leave amendment

The amendment to the Employment Act, aiming to introduce one day of paid menstrual leave per month for women in Maldives' workforce, is to be withdrawn due to lack of support from the ruling party's parliamentary group.

Parliamentary representative for the constituency of Laamu Atoll's Fonadhoo Moosa Siraj, who proposed the amendment, confirmed on Monday that Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)'s parliamentary group did not approve the bill.