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Proposals to change UK legislation to protect the rights of women experiencing menopause have been in part rejected by the government due to fears such a move would discriminate against men.Here, six Guardian readers share differing views of this news.The government has signalled it doesnt care about womens healthIts unbelievable that the UK government would decide not to support women during menopause. It feels like a kick in the stomach for womens rights and gender equality. The governments decision to reject calls to make menopause a protect
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ed characteristic 鈥?because it could [in part] be counterproductive by discriminating against men 鈥?is proof of how misunderstood the impact of the menopause on both women and workplaces is.The concept of gender equity recognises that women and men have different needs and that these differences should be identified and addressed in a manner t
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hat rectifies the imbalances between the sexes. Data shows that menopause can have a crippling impact on a womans physical and mental wellbeing, and one in 10 women have even left their jobs due to the severity of their symptoms.This proposal would have protected women against discrimination in
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the workplace and supported them through a challenging time. By rejecting it, the government has signalled that it is not interested in womens health. The argument that such legislation would discriminate against men is a lazy excuse 鈥?it is about levelling the playing field, and would not prevent men with Saxj The Island 鈥?review
Edinburgh council faces legal action after the European commission ruled it illegally sold land at the centre of an international row over the protection of the city s historic buildings, the Guardian can reveal.The Scottish capital has already been criticised by Unesco,
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the United Nations culture agency, after the council approved plans for a 拢300m hotel and offices development at Caltongate on the medieval Royal Mile, which lies at the heart of the city s World Heritage site.Senior council officials have been told that the European commission has decided it breached a number of European laws by selling the Caltongate sit
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e to the developer Mountgrange for 拢5m without putting the land 鈥?a former bus depot which sits next to Waverley station 鈥?out for sale on the open market.In a letter passed to the Guardian, an official in the internal markets directorate discloses that the commission will start infringement proceedings for breaching regulations on public procurement, as well as breaking rules on equal treatment, non-discrimination and transparency. Under European law the proceedings are formally taken ag
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ainst the UK government.The action follows a complaint from an architectural writer and historian, David Black, a founder of the Old Town Trust. The mismanagement of Edinburgh is becoming quite legendary, he said. Edinburgh s reputation is already being trashed by these people, they re just incompetent. The Caltongate proposal has been bitterly opposed