More Menopause statistics and how you can help.
1 in 10 women leave their jobs due to menopause.
The 'Menopause and the Workplace' report by the Fawcett Society and Channel 4 shows that one in ten women who worked during the menopause have left a job due to their symptoms. Through my own research I found that the symptoms that had the biggest impact were anxiety, brain fog, lack of concentration and insomnia. All of these leave women feeling like they can't perform as well as they did previously.
Menopause costs the UK economy 14 million working days every year.
A GOV.UK report titled, 'Shattering the Silence about Menopause' states that 14 million working days are lost due to women taking time off because of their menopause. And additionally, 14% of women working through menopause reported reducing their hours and a further 14% had gone part-time
58% of medical textbooks have no reference to menopause.
A study on 'Uncertainty in medicine' found that 58% of analysed medical textbooks used around the world had no reference to menopause and 12% dedicated less than a paragraph to the topic.
Over 90% of post menopausal women were not taught about menopause.
Over 90% of postmenopausal women were not taught about menopause during their schooling, and more than 60% only began searching for information once symptoms appeared. This gap in education contributes to a lack of preparedness and increases the difficulty of managing symptoms, highlighting the need for more proactive and accessible menopause education and healthcare resources