Understanding menstrual health and (peri)menopause in Research & Innovation careers
EDICa has interviewed more 50 people with experience of having to manage their menstruation and/or (peri)menopause at work.
The aim of this study is to create inclusive and accessible careers across the research and innovation ecosystem by removing barriers to participation and career development for those who menstruate and/or go through (peri)menopause.
Our first phase of data collection has now closed and we are very grateful to everyone who shared our study and to those who were willing to share their experiences.
We are now working with a number of test sites to co-design interventions bespoke to those organisations. We will work with those test sites for the next 18 months or so to gauge the effectiveness of the interventions identified from the interviews.
We hosted a seminar on Menstrual Health at Work. You can see information about this seminar and the full recording here: https://edicaucus.ac.uk/edica-seminar-series/#menstrual-health