"Menstrual Leave"? Chamber of Deputies Approves Bill

“Menstrual Leave”? Chamber of Deputies Approves Bill

Written by Sara Aquino

Published on 28/10/2025 at 18:00

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House Of Representatives Approves Two-Day Menstrual Leave And Strengthens Legislation In Defense Of Women’s Rights At Work.

The House Of Representatives approved on Tuesday (10/28/2025) the bill that creates menstrual leave of two days per month for women who suffer from incapacitating symptoms during their menstrual cycle.

The proposal, considered a step forward in the legislation of women’s rights, is part of a package of measures aimed at women’s health voted in a concentrated effort by the House.

The leave will allow workers to be absent with a medical certificate that confirms symptoms such as severe cramps, migraines, or extreme weakness.

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Bill Reduces Leave Time To Two Days Per Month

The original text, authored by the deputy Jandira Feghali (PCdoB-RJ), provided for three days of menstrual leave.

However, the rapporteur Professor Marcivania (PCdoB-AP) proposed a reduction to two days, seeking a balance between women’s rights and the impact on the labor market.

In her report, Marcivania emphasized the humanitarian nature of the project:

“It must be clearly stated that this project is not about comfort and, much less, privilege. It is about pain, real pain, debilitating pain, pain that makes women bleed to the point of having to rush to an emergency room to take opioids, receive medication intravenously to endure their own bodies,” the rapporteur stated during the vote.

The proposal is part of the set of measures advocated by the female caucus of the House Of Representatives, which seeks to ensure more dignity and health for Brazilian women.

Menstrual Leave Faces Economic Resistance

Despite majority support, the bill generated debate among parliamentarians. The New Party presented a request for its withdrawal from the agenda, arguing that the proposal creates a new labor right without clear economic counterparts.

Deputy Luiz Lima (Novo-RJ) stated that the measure could lead to “burdens for employers and initial legal insecurity.”

The request, however, was rejected, and the text was approved in plenary with significant support from different party caucuses.

Women’s Rights Gain New Space In Legislation

With the approval, the project strengthens the legislation on women’s rights and marks a step forward in public policies for women’s health.

The session was chaired by Deputy Jack Rocha (PT-ES), coordinator of the female caucus.

According to her, the set of approved projects “promotes more health and dignity for Brazilian women.”

In addition to menstrual leave, the House Of Representatives also approved other proposals aimed at comprehensive care for women’s health, consolidating its actions in favor of gender equality and the protection of women’s health.

Other Projects In The Female Agenda Package

The approved package includes measures that expand access to exams and disease prevention actions. Among them:

PL 5.821/2023: expands mammography services and screening exams for the prevention and treatment of cervical and breast cancers;

PL 265/2020: guarantees, through the SUS, genetic testing for predisposition to cancer in women;

PL 2.112/2024: creates guidelines for comprehensive maternal health care and establishes the National Awareness Week on maternal mortality;

PL 499/2025: guarantees the right of women over 40 years old to annual mammograms through the SUS.

“Menstrual Leave”? Chamber of Deputies Approves Bill

House Of Representatives Approves Two-Day Menstrual Leave And Strengthens Legislation In Defense Of Women’s Rights At Work.

Bill Reduces Leave Time To Two Days Per Month

Menstrual Leave Faces Economic Resistance

Women’s Rights Gain New Space In Legislation

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“Menstrual Leave”? Chamber of Deputies Approves Bill

House Of Representatives Approves Two-Day Menstrual Leave And Strengthens Legislation In Defense Of Women’s Rights At Work.

Bill Reduces Leave Time To Two Days Per Month

Menstrual Leave Faces Economic Resistance

Women’s Rights Gain New Space In Legislation

Other Projects In The Female Agenda Package

A giant printer called the “Ferrari” of concrete has landed in Latin America and can already build a 120-square-meter house in just 48 hours, making the traditional construction site look like something from the last century.

A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has ceased to be a climatic phenomenon and has become a biological system that feeds on itself, with 8,000 kilometers in length, 37 million tons of algae, and scientists confirm that it is now permanent.

China is building an artificial island in the middle of the sea, covering 20 km², to construct the largest offshore airport in the world, the Dalian Jinzhouwan. This $4.3 billion project is anchored on more than 3,000 pillars embedded in the rock beneath the ocean and is scheduled to open in 2035.

A robot named Walter does the work of five bricklayers per hour and can save the construction industry, where the average age of professionals is 46 years and almost no one wants to learn the trade anymore, in the United Kingdom.

Engineers had to pour concrete mixed with tons of ice throughout entire nights in the Dubai desert to erect the Burj Khalifa; any carelessness could clog the pipes half a mile high.

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