Extending maternity protection to all women: Trends, challenges and opportunities
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| author | Laura Addati |
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| contents | Extending maternity protection to all women: Trends, challenges and opportunities Laura Addati Protecting maternity at work has been one of the primary concerns of the International
Labour Organization since its foundation in 1919. Along with fundamental human rights treaties, the adoption of the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) and, more recently, the
ILO Recommendation concerning National Floors of Social Protection, 2012 (No. 202), have marked the universalization of the right to maternity protection and call for its extension to all women in line with the principle of equal opportunity and treatment between women and men. In the framework of these historical developments, this article presents evidence of how national legislative provisions on paid maternity leave have improved in the light of the principles of international labour standards, although a large majority of women workers are still not adequately protected in case of maternity. The article then addresses patterns of exclusion from maternity protection in law and practice, and concludes by discussing some social protection programmes that have the potential to extend maternity protection coverage and support to meet the care needs of the most vulnerable and which do so with a gender transformative focus. 10.1111/issr.12060 DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/issr.12060 publication.journalArticle |
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| institution | Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) |
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| spellingShingle | Extending maternity protection to all women: Trends, challenges and opportunities Laura Addati Extending maternity protection to all women: Trends, challenges and opportunities Laura Addati Protecting maternity at work has been one of the primary concerns of the International Labour Organization since its foundation in 1919. Along with fundamental human rights treaties, the adoption of the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) and, more recently, the ILO Recommendation concerning National Floors of Social Protection, 2012 (No. 202), have marked the universalization of the right to maternity protection and call for its extension to all women in line with the principle of equal opportunity and treatment between women and men. In the framework of these historical developments, this article presents evidence of how national legislative provisions on paid maternity leave have improved in the light of the principles of international labour standards, although a large majority of women workers are still not adequately protected in case of maternity. The article then addresses patterns of exclusion from maternity protection in law and practice, and concludes by discussing some social protection programmes that have the potential to extend maternity protection coverage and support to meet the care needs of the most vulnerable and which do so with a gender transformative focus. 10.1111/issr.12060 DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/issr.12060 publication.journalArticle |
| title | Extending maternity protection to all women: Trends, challenges and opportunities |
| url | https://researchrepository.ilo.org/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/Extending-maternity-protection-to-all-women/995691871202676 |