Please squeeze breastfeeding at work

Kompas,JAKARTA, MONDAY - kind of mothers who work as though he must still far from home, they can still "breastfeeding" baby with milk (breastmilk). Rules already in the Law No.13 of 2003, this is reinforced in Joint Regulation "Increasing breastfeeding Giving Over Time Work in the Workplace", signed the Minister of State for Women's Empowerment Meutia Hatta Swasono, the Minister of Health Siti Fadillah Supari and the Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Erman Soeparno, on Mother's Day warning to-80 nationally in the Jakarta Convention Center on Monday (22/12).

With this regulation can be expected to meet the rights of women as workers and encourage an increase in the provision of breastmilk maximal in Indonesia. "We want to give mothers a chance to work to keep breastfeeding to children," said Menkes Siti Fadilah Supari said during the commemoration to Mother's Day-80 nationally in the Jakarta Convention Center on Monday (22/12).

During these mothers who want to give exclusive breastfeeding is often constrained by lack of space or breastfeeding milk breastfeeding. According to the book Surgery breastfed, the majority of companies in Indonesia did not provide a place to squeeze breastfeeding. Nonetheless, the company should realize "my mother's place of work" that must meet the criteria: the company has a policy permits breastfeeding at the time working, and the adjustment of working time, leave enough collateral, keep working, and the same wages.

The company also is expected to provide space and facilities, breastfeeding, including the refrigerator to store breastmilk in-perah and provide a place creche.

pertegas

Because it is through with this regulation, the rules previously pertegas, given the increasing numbers of women in the number of career and work outside the home, while breastfeeding is the rights of mothers and children's rights but also to get them. According to The Erman Soeparno, of the total number of workers in Indonesia as many as 97 million people, about 47 percent are women and workers with these regulations require the implementation of concrete from the previous rules.

Three government agencies this will be combined to form a team to disseminate and guidance to all institutions. According to Siti Fadillah Supari, later each institution is required to provide special rooms for mothers who have babies under six months to squeeze breastfeeding.

Meanwhile, Erman said the institution can use the clinic workers each. "For example, to the company we are going to support each company to build the clinic workers," said the Erman. Erman said the government will draw up guidelines on the implementation of these regulations, which will load the obligations of institutions for implementing these regulations, such as the place and time, based on guidelines from the Health Ministry.