What does menstruation have to do with competence at work? The answer is absolutely nothing! Nonetheless, sexist and invasive policies at the workplace have meant that women and their bodies have been questioned, probed, and regulated, usually at the cost of their job. This episode of The Longest Constitution podcast unravels the biological category known as ‘woman’ and the contestations around menstruation, maternity, pregnancy, periods, employment, and childbirth. We also look at the push to make the PwD Act, 1995.

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https://www.law.cornell.edu/women-and-justice/resource/neera_mathur_v_life_insurance_corporation_of_india
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Menon, Nivedita, 2012, Seeing Like a Feminist, New Delhi: Penguin

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