BIRTH CONTROL IN BELARUS AND CHINA: CURRENT POLICY by Anastacia BOBROVA, Andrei PILIUTSIK, Gao YUAN

“…In China, in the face of fierce competition in the labor market, women go to work after maternity leave. They are forced to use the services of pre-school education, even if they are expensive. …”
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LINKING CHILD HEALTH, MATERNAL LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION AND HOUSEHOLD ASSET ENDOWMENTS IN CAMEROON: WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY by Mbu Daniel Tambi, Aloysius Mom Njong, Menjo Francis Baye

“…We used seven focus groups to explore what the people say based on different health domains: access to public goods; inputs to health; benefits from better health; better child health and complementary activities; benefits of maternity leave and better child health, decision making concerning family health. …”
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Hausarbeitsteilung und Erwerbsunterbrechung von Müttern unter den Bedingungen des neuen Elterngeldgesetzes. Erste empirische Befunde aus Bayern by Florian Schulz, Harald Rost

“…This paper analyzes the association between the duration of maternity leave and the division of housework, using a representative sample of Bavarian mothers who gave birth to their first child in 2007 under the new parenting benefit policy of the German federal government. …”
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Factors influencing interest of Slovak consumers' in organic dairy products by Iveta Ubrežiová, Tatiana Kráľová, Jana Kozáková

“…Despite generally persisted opinions that food of daily consumption in bio quality (organic) is mainly bought by women of specific age categories (joung independent woman after graduation, mothers on maternity leave) we can confirm just the significance of the impact of customers' average income per month on their willingness to pay for these high quality and therefore expensive products.…”
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Perceptions of gender equity and markers of achievement in a National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre: a qualitative study by Lorna R. Henderson, Rinita Dam, Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah, Pavel V. Ovseiko, Vasiliki Kiparoglou

“…Participants felt that current markers of achievement were not equitable to women, as they did not take contextual factors into account such as maternity leave and caring responsibilities. BRC-specific organizational policies and metrics are needed in order to monitor and catalyse GE. …”
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Women career advancement in public service: A study in Indonesia by Abdul Ghani Azmi, I., Syed Ismail, S.H., Basir, S.A.

“…There are lots of facilities provided by the Indonesian public service to the Muslim women public servant to ease the effect of working on their families such as child care, job sharing, flexible hours, longer maternity leave and working from home. On top of that, policies available that support the women are treating them with the same trust and confidence, giving them the same assignment, paying them comparable salaries as men and not to relocate them for the sake of career advancement. …”
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The evaluation of a health education campaign on the use of leave from work during pregnancy by Agnesi R Roberto, Agostini Ornella, Fadda Emanuela, Lange John H, Mastrangelo Giuseppe, Bardin Andrea, Cegolon Luca

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Italian Protective Maternity Legislation allows a woman to apply for early maternity leave from work during pregnancy if she is affected by health problems (option A) or if her working conditions are incompatible with pregnancy (option B). …”
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A Study on the Awareness of Dental Hygienists on Maternity Protection and Work-Family Balance Assistance Policy by Seon-Hui Kwak, Bo-Mi Shin, Soo-Myoung Bae

“…Among the participants, 27.7% took pre- and post-maternity leave, 26.6% took parental leave, 16.9% had reduced working hours during pregnancy, 15.8% had reduced working hours during childhood,and 8.5% during family leave. …”

Prevalence of hypercholesterolemia in young people under 45 years old with abdominal obesity in Novosibirsk by Aleksandr N. Spiridonov, Diana V. Denisova, Yuliia I. Ragino

“…A crosssectional survey of the population aged 25–44 years in Novosibirsk (Russia) was carried out. 1415 people were examined, including 670 men (47.3 %) and 745 women (52.7 %), pregnant women or being on maternity leave were not included in the study). All subjects were assessed for the presence of AO, hyper-Chol and hyper-LDL-C. …”
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Women’s Perceptions about Breastfeeding: A Preliminary Study by Cecilia Obeng, Stephanie Dickinson, Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo

“…Younger adults were more likely to agree that employers must provide extended maternity leave to make it easier for mothers to breastfeed. …”
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What support is needed prior to the designation as baby-friendly hospital? by Eman F. Badran, Reema Safadi, Raeda Al Qutob, Dua’ Al-Maharma, Aseel A. Qutaishat, Deema F. Masarweh, Yazeed A. Bani-Hamad, Ahmad B. Khamees, Asma R. Shabsough, Basheer Khamees

“…The perceived identified barriers include a lack of flexibility in the work schedule for breast feeding/milk expression, a lack of pumping space, dissatisfaction with maternity leave, and concerns about support from supervisors and co-workers’ employers. …”
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The trend in exclusive breastfeeding practice and its association with maternal employment in Bangladesh: A multilevel analysis by Foyez Ahmmed, Md. Jamal Hossain, Tasmiah Sad Sutopa, Md. Al-Mamun, Morshed Alam, Md. Rabiul Islam, Rohit Sharma, Md. Moklesur Rahman Sarker, Mohd Fahami Nur Azlina

“…Government and policymakers must come forward with new interventions to increase the practice of EBF, providing basic education and campaigns on the topic of EBF. Maternity leave should be extended up to 6 months of the child's age to achieve an optimal level of EBF.…”
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The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and its associated factors in Cape Verde by Edna Duarte Lopes, Alzerina Maria Rocha Lima Monteiro, Djenifa Odília Barbosa Fernandes Cardoso Varela, Dulcineia Elisa Lima Rodrigues Trigueiros, Irina Monteiro Spencer Maia, Janice de Jesus Xavier Soares, Nívia Maria da Luz Pires Vieira

“…The chi-square test was used to assess the association between the duration of EB and the variables maternity leave, mother’s education, family income and health care variables. …”
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A rapid ethnographic study of breastfeeding in the North and South of Italy by Passamonte Raquel, Barbiero Chiara, Bernal Rosa, Quintero Romero Sofia, Cattaneo Adriano

“…More mothers in Basilicata than in Friuli Venezia Giulia reported difficulties with breastfeeding related to returning to work and were not familiar with their rights on breastfeeding and maternity leave.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Programmes for the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding in these and similar regions of Italy should concentrate on better training of health professionals with regards to lactation management, communication, and counselling skills. …”
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Determinants of early cessation of exclusive breastfeeding practices among rural mothers from Jaffna District of Sri Lanka by Kandeepan Karthigesu, Sandrasegarampillai Balakumar, Vasanthy Arasaratnam

“…To enhance EBF, the Regional Directorate of Health Service, Jaffna, should take necessary action with policymakers to increase maternity leave for at least six months, reduce the Cesarean section rate, and provide nutritional support to pregnant mothers.…”
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Work-family balance experience of Omani career women by Abd. Ghafar, Najwa

“…The finding also reveals that Oman lacks of the structural support for women workforce. The paid maternity leave is short and working mothers are suffering from lack of childcare facilities. …”
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Work- family balance experience of omani career women by Abd. Ghafar, Najwa

“…The finding also reveals that Oman lacks of the structural support for women workforce. The paid maternity leave is short and working mothers are suffering from lack of childcare facilities. …”
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Breastfeeding and female labor force participation: the probability of survival of children in Nepal under 3 years old by Kailash Timilsina, Yothin Sawangdee, Ravi Bhandari, Sirjana Tiwari, Ashmita Adhikari

“…At the same time government should also regulate the paid maternity leave and encourage societal support for the breastfeeding mothers.…”
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Pekerja Perempuan Yang Terikat Perjanjian Kerja Waktu Tertentu Pada Object Vital Nasional by Sudibyo Aji Narendra Buwana, Sirajuddin Sirajuddin, Solehoddin Solehoddin

“…The conclusion is that it consists of 3 legal protections, namely preventive legal protection for pre-employment (in the form of announcements of job vacancies, selection of prospective workers, Medical Check Up, and placement of workers); legal protection that is repressive during employment (in the form of providing wages based on the Provincial Minimum Wage/UMP, providing additional roster leave money for those who get roster leave rights, and providing annual allowances, granting leave rights in the form of annual leave, long leave, mass/together leave, roster leave and sick leave, special leave rights for women workers namely maternity leave, abortion leave, and menstruation leave, reimbursement for maternity expenses, protection for women workers when working at certain hours, permission to leave work while still receiving wages, protection for safety and health work by providing personal protective equipment, health insurance protection); as well as legal protection that is repressive in nature past employment, (in the form of the right to get BPJS Ketenagakerjaan pension benefits/JP, the right to get BPJS Ketenagakerjaan old age benefits/JHT benefits)…”
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Public policy on breastfeeding among working mothers in Taiwan: comparison between two national surveys by Pei-Jung Yu, Wan-Ru Wu, Chieh-Yu Liu

“…Results Comparing the years 2011 and 2016, significant differences in the rates of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and any breastfeeding (ABF) among working mothers returning to work after an 8-week maternity leave, depending on whether they used PLR or WLR. …”
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