If there was ever a company that authentically and continually promoted female empowerment in the cannabis space, it is Om Edibles. Headed by Maya Elisabeth, Om has been around since 2008, before Maya founded the edibles and topicals sister company Whoopi & Maya \u2014 backed by the star power of Whoopi Goldberg \u2014 in 2016. Om employs an almost all female-identifying staff and is now promoting a special perk of working with the company: a \u201cmoon day\u201d or an unpaid day off for employees experiencing discomfort associated with their period.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe as women in cannabis need to create the kind of space we need to work in,\u201d Maya said of the policy she has had in place at her company since 2017. \u201cIf not us, then who?\u201d<\/p>\n
Both\u00a0Om<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Whoopi & Maya<\/a>\u00a0create award-winning products, such as bath salts, tinctures and topicals, that are designed to help women with wellness routines both during menstruation and otherwise. OM calls the time off for its employees \u201cmoon days\u201d because menstrual cycles are often culturally linked with the cycles of the moon.<\/p>\n The\u00a0company<\/a>\u00a0is timing its announcement of its policy to support its staff through \u201cmoon days\u201d with a global day dedicated to breaking taboos around menstruation. May 28 has been designated\u00a0Menstrual Hygiene Day<\/a>. Initiated by the German-based company WASH United in 2014, the purpose of the day is to create a discussion and offer education about the cost and accessibility of feminine hygiene products.<\/p>\n \u201cIn many societies, menstruation is surrounded by stigma and misinformation,\u201d the organization\u00a0states on its website<\/a>. \u201cInadequate menstrual hygiene management directly affects women\u2019s and girls\u2019 self-esteem, health and education.\u201d<\/p>\n Maya hopes her policy will inspire others in the space to offer similar benefits for their own employees.<\/p>\n \u201cWorking with cannabis, we\u2019re doing a first time on a lot of things,\u201d Maya said. \u201cWe\u2019re taking the plant out of prohibition, so why don\u2019t we also throw in a bunch of other cool things that are long overdue?\u201d<\/p>\n TELL US,<\/strong>\u00a0does your place of employment offer any special perks when it comes to time off?<\/p>\n The post Om Edibles, Whoopi & Maya Offer Employees \u2018Moon Days\u2019 for Period Pain<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
If there was ever a company that authentically and continually promoted female empowerment in the cannabis space, it is Om Edibles. Headed by Maya Elisabeth, Om has been around since 2008, before Maya founded the edibles and topicals sister company Whoopi & Maya \u2014 backed by the star power ofContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50,99,10103,10104,709,4877],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35649,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35648\/revisions\/35649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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