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IYCF
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Maternity Protection |
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What is Maternity Protection
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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.
Maternity Protection : INDICATOR 9 in WBTi , an innovative initiative of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) Asia for tracking assessing and monitoring the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding
know more visit http://www.worldbreastfeedingtrends.org/
Key question : Is
there legislation that meets International Labor Organization (ILO)
standards for protecting and supporting breastfeeding among working
mothers? |
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Scoring
Check those apply. |
| 9.1) Women covered by the legislation are allowed at least 14 weeks of paid maternity leave. |
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| 9.2) Women covered by the Convention are allowed at least one paid breastfeeding break daily. |
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| 9.3) Private sector employers of women in the country give at least 14 weeks paid maternity leave and paid nursing breaks. |
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| 9.4) There is language in national legislation that encourages work site accommodation for breastfeeding and/or childcare in work places in the formal sector. |
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| 9.5) Women in informal/unorganized sector are provided same protection. |
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| 9.6) Adequate infrastructure and plans exist to ensure that women receive their maternity entitlement |
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| 9.7) Paternity leave is granted in public sector |
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| 9.8) Paternity leave is granted in the private sector |
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| 9.9) There is legislation prohibiting employment discrimination and assuring job protection for women workers during breastfeeding period |
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| 9.10) The ILO MPC No 183 has been ratified |
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| 9.11) The ILO MPC No 183 has been enacted |
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Where we are
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India has taken no action
regarding maternity protection with respect to the
standards, and India score 0 out of 10,
falling in ‘Grade D’ with ‘Red’ colour
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for details seeThe State of the World’s Breastfeeding: South Asia Report and India report card
source Assessment
of Status of IYCF: Practice, Policy
and Program: Achievements and Gaps 2005 see report |
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What we are doing (As BPNI)
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Supporting Documents
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