{"id":2379,"date":"2022-10-05T12:31:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T11:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2022-10-05T12:32:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T11:32:15","slug":"menopause-awareness-month-and-world-menopause-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2022\/10\/05\/menopause-awareness-month-and-world-menopause-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Menopause Awareness Month (October) and World Menopause Day (18 October)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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October is Menopause Awareness Month, with 18 October designated as \u2018World Menopause Day\u2019 and this year\u2019s theme being \u2018Cognition and Mood\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The menopause is a natural stage of life that affects all women. Medically speaking, it is where a woman ceases to ovulate and their periods eventually stop, caused by a change in hormone levels. According to the NHS, the average age that women experience the menopause in the UK is 51, and symptoms can vary widely – with the most common being hot flushes, sleep disturbances, night sweats \u2013 and the menopause can often be perceived in a negative way. It is this way of thinking that needs to be challenged, especially in the workplace, where women can feel overlooked, embarrassed or struggle long term.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Office of National Statistics stated that in 2021 there were approximately four million women, aged between 45-55 in employment <\/strong>and according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD),\u2018six in ten menopausal women say their symptoms have had a negative impact on their work.\u2019 That is a huge proportion of the workforce that require extra support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By putting the wellbeing of menopausal employees at the fore and creating a menopause-friendly workplace, companies could reap the benefits of a happier and more varied workforce, a better retention of staff, and a company with an ethos of inclusivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For information on how the UoB is addressing these needs and how to become a UoB Menopause Ally, please visit https:\/\/intranet.birmingham.ac.uk\/collaboration\/equality\/staff\/policies-and-initiatives-for-staff\/menopause\/index.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Plus for some free events locally in support of Menopause Awareness Month, go to https:\/\/www.greaterbirminghamchambers.com\/latest-news\/news\/2022\/9\/30\/free-events-in-support-of-menopause-awareness-month\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/d\/united-kingdom–birmingham\/menopause\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October is Menopause Awareness Month, with 18 October designated as \u2018World Menopause Day\u2019 and this year\u2019s theme being \u2018Cognition and Mood\u2019. The menopause is a natural stage of life that affects all women. Medically speaking, it is where a woman ceases to ovulate and their periods eventually stop, caused by a change in hormone levels. … Continue reading “Menopause Awareness Month (October) and World Menopause Day (18 October)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":2380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[244],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379\/revisions\/2387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}