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August 2012

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   News item

   Allow moms to breastfeed at work

   03 August 2012

   World Breastfeeding Week (Aug 1-7) is celebrated in more than 170 countries to encourage the practice and improve the health of babies. Marking the occasion, the ILO highlights the importance of allowing breastfeeding at the workplace.

June 2009

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   News item

   ILO and UNDP: First report on work and the family in Latin America and the Caribbean – Tensions between family and labour life entail high costs for more than 100 million women integrating the region’s workforce

   11 June 2009

   The massive and irreversible inclusion of Latin American and Caribbean women in the workforce has highlighted the challenges of traditional interplay between work and family life. Responding to these tensions is an essential step towards gender equality and for more productive economies, says a joint report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

July 2008

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   Video

   Protecting Maternity in Cambodia’s Textile Factories

   14 July 2008

   Many women in Cambodia risk losing their jobs when they become pregnant. But most textile factories monitored by the ILO’s Better Factories Cambodia programme now offer maternity protection to their employees. For Ros Kimsreng, she now has the opportunity of keeping a good job and providing for her family’s future.