Proceedings of the 1st Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences (BIS-HESS 2019)

Public Support of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Women Workers

Authors
Luluk Rosida, Intan Mutiara Putri, Dewi Kurniasari
Corresponding Author
Luluk Rosida
Available Online 4 May 2020.
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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences (BIS-HESS 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
4 May 2020
ISBN
978-94-6252-961-8
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.200529.148How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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