Not exact matches
On the other hand,
maternity leave, which is very important for breastfeeding support, is well -
established in Germany: 14 weeks fully
paid maternity leave (6 weeks before the birth, 8 weeks after the birth or 12 weeks for preterm or multiple birth), 12 months parental
leave with 65 % of the mother's salary (partly
paid for by health insurance companies and partly by employers) and unpaid parental
leave until the child is 3 years old.
And their
paid maternity leaves relieve pressure on mothers to return to work before breast - feeding is well -
established.
She strongly recommended the following during the third Senate hearing: provide mothers with longer
paid maternity leave;
establish crèches at workplaces; revive the national movement to promote breastfeeding with budget appropriations, conduct trainings of health workers to be able to support mothers to breastfeed beyond two years, implement strictly the national code, support researches on breastfeeding; and
establish a child - to - child program to educate them at a young age on the advantages of breastfeeding.
We also know that breastfeeding requires time to
establish — time lower - income mothers without access to
paid maternity leave don't have.
Collaborating with groups like the National Postdoctoral Association, which works on
establishing living wages and
paid maternity and paternity
leave for postdocs, among other issues, could help make child rearing both financially possible and more gender equitable.
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