Creation of a job bank for lactating women in Santa Cruz de la Sierra city, Bolivia

Abstract

This research arises from the need to create a safe and reliable platform where women who are breastfeeding and need to work can find a space (institution or company) that is committed to providing them with an adequate and beneficial environment according to their condition; this with the promoting aim efficiency at work and compliance with the role of mothers. Currently, many lactating women face various obstacles that greatly reduce their chances of successfully breastfeeding in the workplace. Returning to work is one of the main reasons mothers stop breastfeeding. Therefore, it is urgent to make all the actors who directly or indirectly affect this process aware of the importance of breastfeeding. Supporting and promoting breastfeeding in the workplace has been found to increase work efficiency and productivity, which in turn reduces absenteeism since, among other things, women who breastfeed tend to miss less work because their babies are less sick. Through several surveys carried out on a group of women in the breastfeeding stage, it was possible to determine that they believed they were physically and mentally capable of doing their job while breastfeeding. However, the institutions or companies, many of them, do not respect the rights that breastfeeding women have when offering work. To achieve the stated objective, various traditional research methods are developed, which help to find a feasible way to solve the identified problem since, in reality, the laws and regulations are beneficial; breastfeeding does exist, but what is missing is its achievement and application.