While several countries have laws and policies related to maternity leave, most are not adequate for exclusive breastfeeding. Some countries do not have any specific laws to deal with this. In other countries, the laws apply only to the government, and the private sector, contract workers and the unorganised sector are not covered.
Possible Actions :
- Petitions for legislation Maternity Leave to cover all working women, including those working as contract workers and those employed in the private and unorganised sectors
- Petitions demanding financial support to pregnant/lactating women in poor and food insecure households to help cope with reduced income
- Developing and publicising a Hall of Fame - list of those employers in all sectors who give adequate maternity leave, and Hall of Shame - those employers who do not
-Taking out rallies, breastfeeding sit ins, etc. to pressurise employers to provide adequate maternity leave
