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Bhutan: Reduced Maternity Leave?

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 @ 20:36 UTC

by Rezwan

Countries:: Bhutan
Topics:: Children, Governance, Health, Law, Protest
Languages:: English

Recently Bhutan government has proposed reduction of maternity leave from 3 months to 45 days only in a draft revision of the labor act. Tshokey in Kuzu Bhutan weblog builds a case against the reduction stating why the leave is important for the newborn and the mother and what the international norms are.

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