BSI

"I was excited that BSI was building a community."

The charity worker, who has an MBE for services in tackling period poverty, wants policy changes made and for managers to adopt the standards set out by the BSI.

Launching the new workplace standard, the BSI said "only a minority of UK workplaces" had already introduced policies on menstrual and menopausal health and wellbeing, stressing that some women, transgender men and non-binary people needed adjustments to effectively carry out their work.

The standard is intended to help workers in a variety of roles - including jobs that involve being on your feet a lot, like police officers, and highly physical roles like construction workers, the BSI said.

The BSI said it recognised not everyone would want support as experiences differ.