Maternity leave

Maternity Insurance

1 maternity home for 24,505 women of childbearing age

Protection of maternity and prevention of discrimination against women based on maternity

Women are entitled to maternity insurance, which includes a hospitalization grant, a maternity grant, a birth allowance and a maternity leave allowance.

Maternity Leave Entitlements

9.2.2 Maternity leave

The West Pakistan Maternity Benefit Ordinance, 1958. The West Pakistan Maternity Benefits Rules, 1961.

reimbursement of salary for the time of maternity and extended maternity leave and for the employed parents' or person who adopted (adopter's ) absence from work for the purpose of child care,

Cash benefits for maternity are also paid to all working mothers who are not entitled to maternity benefits from an insurance fund or are uninsured.

It provides for sickness and maternity benefits, as well as pensions.

Pregnancy and Maternity Leave

Maternity and paternity leave

The following statutory provisions exist in the area of maternity benefits The Mines Maternity Benefit Act, 1941 the West Pakistan Maternity Benefit Ordinance, 1958 the West Pakistan Maternity Benefits Rules, 1965 and the Provincial Employees Social Security Ordinance, 1965.

The law recognizes the importance of maternity as a social function and provides generous maternity provisions.

4. Expanded immunization coverage for children

Nicaraguan legislation includes maternity protection.

Special measures to protect maternity

Convention No. 3 Maternity benefits.

The Gambia was well ahead of the developed world when it came to maternity leave for many years pregnant women had benefited from three months' paid maternity leave.

Australia does not have legislation providing for paid maternity leave, and according to the report, only 38 per cent of women workers have access to paid maternity leave (para.

Australia does not have legislation providing for paid maternity leave, and according to the report, only 38 per cent of women workers have access to paid maternity leave (para.

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Special Measures Aimed at Protecting Maternity

Special Measures to Protect Maternity (4.2)

Rule 106.3 Maternity and paternity leave

Rule 206.7 Maternity and paternity leave

Special and fairly generous provisions in the relevant laws exist for maternity leave etc.

MSPAS has also taken action to reduce maternal mortality, such as the establishment of cantonal maternity clinics and maternal and child comprehensive health care centres, and the strengthening of the programme to extend coverage in areas identified as critical.

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A major legal development was the expansion, in 2004 of the Employment of Women Law (Temporary Provision) of 1998, granting men the privilege to share maternity leave with their wives and the eligibility for maternity leave allowance, provided their wife waives the privilege for the remainder of the maternity leave and returns to work.

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Coverage of costs of the request for review

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Maternity leave cannot be distributed between parents.

14 neighbourhood maternity homes, 4 maternity reference units and 3 specialized centres (tuberculosis centre, leprosy centre and reproductive health centre at Niamey)

11.20 The Public Service Staff Manual is more specific in its provisions for maternity leave and states that a female permanent officer shall be entitled to 12 weeks maternity leave on full pay.

The State provides special protection to mothers and children through maternity leave, shortened working hours for mothers of large families, increasing the network of maternity hospitals, pre schools and kindergartens and other measures.

To improve vaccination coverage, raising VAT (Vesicle amine transporters) coverage for pregnant women from 40 per cent to 95 per cent.

And it will subsidize insurance coverage for the poor.

Protecting maternity and facilitating workers with family responsibilities

(c) Sick leave shall not normally be granted for maternity cases except where serious complications arise.