Anti-Discriminal Minister - Ataman Calls for a National Menopause Strategy
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The Federal Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Ataman, advocates a National Menopause Strategy.
Medicine has long been oriented towards the male body. Although half of the Germans enter menopause, there is often a lack of help so far. A body around Ferda Ataman wants to change this – and demands a strategy.
The Independent Federal Commissioner for Anti-Discrimination, Ferda Ataman, called for more sensitivity and attention to the subject of menopause - in the health sector, at the workplace and in research. "The topic of women's health has been neglected for a long time. The focus of medical research was the man's, Ataman explained on Tuesday. How little attention is paid to the well-being of women medically is "well recognisable by the example of …
"If men were in menopause, there would be more specialists than McDonalds in Germany," says Anti-Discrimination Officer Ataman. The government must develop a strategy.
About eleven million women in Germany are in the menopause. Every third woman concerned reports severe occupational burdens. Nevertheless, menopause and its effects on everyday life and work are still often taboo. There are still large gaps in medical care. The Federal Anti-Discrimination Office therefore for the first time makes concrete recommendations for a non-discriminatory treatment of menopause. The recommendations are based on the work w…
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