Maternity Action Survey now open
Maternity Action is carrying out its third survey asking women on maternity leave or who are pregnant about the impact of the cost of living crisis on their finances, health and wellbeing, and families.
They are asking women who have been pregnant or on maternity leave since January 2023 to complete the survey in support of their work campaigning and lobbying Government for better maternity pay and benefits for pregnant women and new mothers.
Earlier surveys resulted in their report A Perfect Storm which called for government action to relieve the devastating impact of the current crisis on pregnant women and new mothers.
The survey can be accessed at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MA_CoL2024.
The survey will take around 5-10 minutes to complete and all responses are anonymous.
The deadline for completion is Monday 22 April.
The NASUWT is affiliated to Maternity Action and is supporting their campaign for rights for breastfeeding mothers.
The new Shared Parental Leave reforms allow mothers to share maternity leave with dads and partners from two weeks after the birth, but they don’t give women the right to breastfeed on return to work. This needs to change.
Ninety-two countries give women a legal right to breastfeeding breaks on return to work - but not the UK.
It is up to women to decide whether to breastfeed or not and it should be as easy as possible if this is what they want to do. Women should not have to choose between returning to work and breastfeeding their baby.
Working mothers should have the right to breastfeeding breaks and the right to somewhere private (which isn’t a toilet) where they can breastfeed or express milk.
Action Plan
The NASUWT has signed up to Maternity Action’s Action Plan to end pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work.
The Action Plan calls on the Government to act to prevent further discrimination during the current Covid-19 pandemic, particularly given the evidence which suggests that pregnant women and new mothers may be particularly vulnerable to job losses during this unprecedented time.
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