Public Support of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Women Workers

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200529.148How to use a DOI?

Keywords

women workers, exclusive breastfeeding, public support

Abstract

Working women have their own dilemma because besides working women also have to continue performing their duties and responsibilities as mothers, one of which is to keep on providing exclusive breastfeeding. Public Support or work environment support is one of the determining factors for the success of exclusive breastfeeding for working mothers, in addition this is because the Government and many companies in Indonesia have not provided full leave allowance but only for up to 3 months. Many companies do not provide a special time for their employees to breastfeed or express milk at their workplaces, flexibility in working time, and duration of leave affect the success of exclusive breastfeeding. Besides providing space and tools three times better influence in supporting exclusive breastfeeding. The Government has regulated Public Support in Government Regulation No.33 of 2012 paragraph (2) concerning provisions regarding private breastfeeding program support at work carried out in accordance with company regulations between employers and workers/laborers, or through a join work agreement between trade unions/unions labourer with the businessman. In paragraph (3), the management of the workplace is explained and, the organizer of the public facilities must provide special facilities for breastfeeding and/or milking in accordance with the conditions of the company’s capabilities. The purpose of this study is to look at how public support for the success of exclusive breastfeeding for working mothers, especially in Yogyakarta City Government. The results of the study show that public support is highly related to the success of exclusive breastfeeding.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Luluk Rosida
AU  - Intan Mutiara Putri
AU  - Dewi Kurniasari
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/04
TI  - Public Support of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Women Workers
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences (BIS-HESS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 709
EP  - 712
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200529.148
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200529.148
ID  - Rosida2020
ER  -