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Klasha, a digital business in Nigeria, has announced a new policy that would permit its employees to take time off during their menstrual periods.<\/p>\n
Klasha, according to report, is the first tech company in Nigeria to introduce a menstrual leave policy of this kind.<\/p>\n
Acording to the company, the policy will initially provide five days off but that could be subject to change as they evaluate its effectiveness once implemented.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the company CEO, Jess Anuna said, \u201cAt Klasha, we understand that we must make room for women\u2019s biological needs as a part of everyday business. Rather than leave the subject as an unspoken taboo, we want to build a culture of trust, truth, and acceptance.\u201d<\/p>\n
READ ALSO: <\/strong>Multinational Tech Company, HP Set To Lay Off About 6,000 Workers<\/p>\n On their website, the company stated that 60% of their employees are female.<\/p>\n The new policy has been receiving applause on social media. It has also generated debate regarding how the policy will work in practice.<\/p>\n In the whole of Africa however, Zambia is said to be the only country that grants menstrual leave \u2013 allowing a day off per month.<\/p>\n Other counties that offer flexible working condition for periods include Japan, Indonesia and South Korea.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a study in 2019 found that period pain was linked to nearly nine days of lost productivity for a woman in a year.<\/p>\n Klasha, a Nigerian e-commerce company with operations in six African nations, was established in 2018. The company has offices in San Francisco and Lagos and is currently based in the US and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Klasha, a digital business in Nigeria, has announced a new policy that would permit its employees to take time off during their menstrual periods. Klasha, according to report, is the first tech company in Nigeria to introduce a menstrual leave policy of this kind. Acording to the company, the policy will initially provide five days […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1265775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1265774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1265774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1265774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1265774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}