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challenging inequality : promoting wellbeing

Maternity Action works to end inequality and promote the health and well-being of all pregnant women, their partners and children from before conception through to the child's early years.


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Maternity Action welcomes the introduction of Additional Paternity Leave but asks why there is no effective legal protection for mothers who continue breastfeeding when they return to work.  See our media release.

See our new information sheet on entitlement to maternity care for women from abroad.

Maternity Action supports the Women's Asylum Charter and its new campaign, 'Every Single Woman'.  The campaign challenges destitution policies for pregnant refused asylum seekers and other problems with the asylum process.

See the toolkit for small businesses on managing pregnant women and new parents, now available on the Equality and Human Rights Commission website.  Prepared by Maternity Action, the toolkit provides checklists, model policies and detailed advice for employers

See our new information sheet on 'Continuing breastfeeding on your return to work'.

Have you encountered difficulties in negotiating with your employer to breastfeed when you are working?  Help us to campaign for improved legislative protection for breastfeeding by telling us your story.

In 2005, the Government gave a commitment to extend maternity and adoption pay to 52 weeks by April 2010.  In September 2009, they decided not to proceed with this.  Maternity Action and NCT wrote to the Prime Minister to express our concern.

Each year 30 000 women lose their jobs as a result of unlawful pregnancy discrimination and the recession is making things worse.  We have joined with other organisations to launch a campaign to prevent pregnancy discrimination at work during the recession.  Sign up!


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