关于中国女职工母乳喂养权益保障的思考

Thoughts on the Right of Women Workers to Breastfeeding in China

上世纪80年代以来,中国婴儿母乳喂养率的持续下降对人口健康发展提出严峻挑战。文章通过全面梳理中国现行的与母乳喂养权益保障相关的法律法规,分析其积极方面和存在的问题。研究发现,相对于其他层面而言,法律保障的缺失对母乳喂养率的下降具有更为突出的影响。进一步推动相关法律法规的完善,同时注重影响女职工母乳喂养权益保障问题的其他因素,对于提高母乳喂养率具有重要意义。

Since the 1980s, the decline in infant breastfeeding rate in China has brought about great challenges to healthy development of the population. This paper describes the situation of protection of women workers＇ rights to breastfeeding based on review of existing literature. In light of China＇s current laws and regulations on the protection of the right to breastfeeding, the paper analyzes positive aspects and existed problems in implementation. It is found that the lack of legal guarantees has detrimental impacts on the decline in breasffeeding rates. It is indispensable to promote the improvement of the relevant laws and regulations, in addition to emphasizing other factors that also play a role.