Thursday 1 August 2013

INQUIRER.net: 3 years on, breast-feeding law not fully followed

INQUIRER.net
Philippine News for Filipinos 
3 years on, breast-feeding law not fully followed
Aug 1st 2013, 23:24

MANILA, Philippines—Three years after the Expanded Breast-Feeding Promotion Act was signed into law, many commercial establishments and work places still have not put up lactation stations that provide privacy and comfort for breast-feeding mothers and their infants.   Sen. Pia Cayetano, chair of the Senate women and health committees in the 15th Congress, made this observation as the Philippines joined in the celebration of World Breast-Feeding Week in the first week of August.   "It has been three years since (the law) was passed and two years since its implementing rules and regulations (IRR) were approved," Cayetano said in a privilege speech Wednesday...

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