Singer-songwriter Annie Lennox
Woman's Hour
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Menopause
I think there is protection already through sex and age discrimination. All the cases that have gone to tribunal have been under those two protected characteristics. But at a point in time, if that was revisited after the hearts and minds, the cultural piece, the education piece in business, I think there would be less of a need for it to become a protected characteristic anyway. You know, the average age of women who reaches the Menopause is 51. We can't be losing one in four of them out of the workforce. Surely it merits a proper role, a paid position. It's really important. The government have said themselves, like you said, we talked about it on the programme
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