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IYCF
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Maternity Protection |
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Key international
documents call for provision of imaginative
legislation to protect the breastfeeding
rights of working women and further
to monitor its application in consistency
with ILO Maternity Protection Convention
and recommendations. The ILO’s
Maternity
Protection Convention (MPC) 183 specifies
that women should receive:
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At least 14 weeks of paid maternity
leave to all women workers;
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One or more paid breastfeeding breaks
daily or daily reduction of hours
of work to breastfeed;
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Job protection and non-discrimination
for breastfeeding workers.
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Activity and Results
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Workshop
on “Maternity Entitlements: Theory and Practice”
Convention on the Children's Right to Food, April
7th-9th, 2006, Hyderabad |
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Assessment
of Status of IYCF: Practice, Policy
and Program: Achievements and Gaps
The documents
referred for these issues were Maternity
Benefit Act 1961,Rules framed according
to Maternity Benefit Act 1961, Fifth
Pay Commission report 1997 recommendations,
Government Recommendations from the
state of Punjab and Haryana and ILO
MPC 183 (Maternity Protection Convention
– ILO - 183), 2000 document. The
group felt, the country should gear
up and fulfill the international commitments
and implement the existing legislations. Download
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Breastfeeding
Promotion Network of India (BPNI) organized
an interactive session with journalists
on "Maternity Benefits for Working
Women" in organized and unorganized sector
supported by World Alliance for Breastfeeding
Action (WABA) on 25th May 2001at Indian
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MATERNITY
PROTECTION TO SAFEGUARD AND ENSURE - WOMEN'S
RIGHT TO WORK, WOMEN'S RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD
was held on 8th May 2000 at
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Supporting Documents
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Area
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