[HTML][HTML] Maternity protection entitlements for non-standard workers in low-and-middle-income countries and potential implications for breastfeeding practices: a …

C Pereira-Kotze, A Feeley, T Doherty… - International Breastfeeding …, 2023 - Springer
Background Recommended breastfeeding practices contribute to improved health of infants,
young children, and mothers. Access to comprehensive maternity protection would enable …

[HTML][HTML] Maternity protection for female non-standard workers in South Africa: the case of domestic workers

C Pereira-Kotze, T Doherty, M Faber - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022 - Springer
Background Many women work in positions of non-standard employment, with limited legal
and social protection. Access to comprehensive maternity protection for all working women …

[HTML][HTML] Access to maternity protection and potential implications for breastfeeding practices of domestic workers in the Western cape of South Africa

C Pereira-Kotze, M Faber, L Kannemeyer… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Access to comprehensive maternity protection could contribute to improved breastfeeding
practices for working women. Domestic workers are a vulnerable group. This study aimed to …

Legislation and policies for the right to maternity protection in South Africa: A fragmented state of affairs

C Pereira-Kotze, K Malherbe, M Faber… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Maternity protection rights incorporate comprehensive benefits that should be
available to pregnant or breastfeeding working women. Research Aim: To describe South …

[HTML][HTML] awareness, perceptions, gaps, and uptake of maternity protection among formally employed women in Vietnam

TT Nguyen, J Cashin, HTT Tran, DH Vu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Maternity protection is a normative fundamental human right that enables women to
combine their productive and reproductive roles, including breastfeeding. The aim of this …

Facilitating working mothers' ability to breastfeed: global trends in guaranteeing breastfeeding breaks at work, 1995-2014

E Atabay, G Moreno, A Nandi, G Kranz… - Journal of Human …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Mothers who work away from home tend to stop breastfeeding earlier than their
nonworking counterparts due to workplace barriers. Barriers to breastfeeding discriminate …

[PDF][PDF] Women's right to breastfeed in the workplace: Legal lacunae in Malaysia

KH Hassan, NC Musa - Asian Women, 2014 - researchgate.net
This paper investigates the right (or the absence of it) of women in Malaysia to breastfeed in
the workplace. We find that there has been a lack of clear legal guidance as to their rights …

The National Breastfeeding Policy in Nigeria: the working mother and the law

INE Worugji, SJ Etuk - Health care for women international, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, we examine the National Breastfeeding Policy in Nigeria, the extent to which
the law guarantees and protects the maternity rights of the working mother, and the interplay …

Working women, maternity entitlements, and breastfeeding: a report from Bangladesh

R Haider, S Begum - Journal of Human Lactation, 1995 - journals.sagepub.com
Early infant feeding practices and facilities available for supporting breastfeeding in
workplaces in Dhaka, Bangladesh were studied through interviews with working women (n …

Equity in breastfeeding: where do we go from here?

R Pérez-Escamilla, D Sellen - Journal of Human Lactation, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Pérez-Escamilla and Sellen 13 self-esteem and self-efficacy in the young, especially those
growing under strong socioeconomic deprivation. 15 Achieving breastfeeding equity will …