ArticleMaternal & child nutrition2021
The financing need for expanding paid maternity leave to support breastfeeding in the informal sector in the Philippines.
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- Knowledge, understanding and perceptions of key stakeholders on the maternity protection available and accessible to female domestic workers in South Africa.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Implementation and Effectiveness of Policies Adopted to Enable Breastfeeding in the Philippines Are Limited by Structural and Individual Barriers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Maternity protection for female non-standard workers in South Africa: the case of domestic workers.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
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- Estimating the costs for implementing a maternity leave cash transfer program for women employed in the informal sector in Brazil and Ghana.International journal for equity in health · 2022Article
- The financing need for expanding paid maternity leave to support breastfeeding in the informal sector in the Philippines.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- The yearly financing need of providing paid maternity leave in the informal sector in Indonesia.International breastfeeding journal · 2021Article
- Maternal education and equity in breastfeeding: trends and patterns in 81 low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2019.International journal for equity in health · 2021Article
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In low- and middle-income countries, almost three-fourths of women in the labour force lack maternity protection. In the Philippines, current laws do not guarantee paid maternity leave to workers in the informal economy. A non-contributory maternity cash transfer to informal sector workers could be used to promote social equity and economic productivity and could provide health benefits by helping mothers meet their breastfeeding goals. The objective of the study is to provide a realistic cost estimate and to assess the financial feasibility of implementing a publicly financed, non-contributory maternity cash transfer programme to the informal sector in the Philippines. Using a costing framework developed in Mexico, the study estimated the annual cost of a maternity cash transfer programme. The methodology estimated the unit cost of the programme, the incremental coverage of maternity leave and expected number of enrollees. Different unit and incremental costs assumptions were used to provide a range of scenarios. Administrative costs for running the programme were included in the analysis. The annual financing need of implementing maternity cash transfer programme in the Philippines ranges from a minimum scenario of USD42 million (14-week maternity cash transfer) to a more ideal scenario of USD309 million (26-week maternity cash transfer). The latter is financially feasible as it is equivalent to less than 0.1% of the country's gross domestic product substantially lower than the share cost of not breastfeeding (0.7%). The annual cost of the programme is only 10% of the total cost of the largest conditional cash transfer programme.
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