Overview

• Seimujer, led by Secretary Alejandra Anguiano González, presented a reform to the State Education Law to create a justified absence right for female students during menstruation in specified medical cases.
• The draft would permit up to two excused days per menstrual period for students experiencing endometriosis or incapacitating dysmenorrhea.
• The initiative was formally delivered to Deputy Melba Albavera Padilla, president of the Comisión de Igualdad Sustantiva y de Género, for legislative consideration.
• Seimujer says the change seeks to prevent academic lag or discrimination while framing menstrual health as a human-rights issue linked to education and wellbeing.
• Officials note women make up more than half of Michoacán’s school enrollment, and reporting points to similar policies adopted in a limited number of states including Colima, Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, Quintana Roo, Campeche, and Nuevo León.