Licencia por dismenorrea para mujeres de edad fértil que prestan servicios laborales en Ecuador

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea is a gynecological disease that affects a large number of women of childbearing age, characterized by the presence of chronic pelvic pain during the menstrual period, becoming disabling enough to negatively affect the daily activity of the woman, limiting their actions in the social, personal and professional sphere. Through the study of comparative regulations of countries in Asia, Europe and Latin America, where leave for painful menstruation has already been approved or discussed, the feasibility of increasing paid leave for three days a month for women who provide labor services in Ecuador, who medically demonstrate suffering from dysmenorrhea. In such a way that the Ecuadorian State guarantees the full exercise of rights, ensuring the well-being of women, reconciling their right to health and work, since it offers the possibility of justified absence without any repercussion of their labor rights.