Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami 
Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Ady TD Achmad, Andin Aditya Rahman
The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has emphasized that the central and regional governments, together with other stakeholders, must be actively involved in protecting workers’ rights to breastfeed their children during working hours.
Muhammad Ihsan, KPAI commissioner, who delivered this view, said that the right to breastfeed is guaranteed under national laws and regulations, particularly under Article 128 of Law No. 36 of 2009 on Health.
According to reports received by KPAI, up to eighty percent of the children of working mothers are not breastfed because their mothers are too busy at work. This is clearly a mass violation by businesses in denying the rights of infants to be breastfed by their mothers.
Ihsan asserted that this problem must be properly addressed by all stakeholders, by ensuring and pressuring businesses to provide a special facility for working mothers to breastfeed their children during working hours on work premises.
“One of the things that must be established is lactation rooms and day care centers,” stated Ihsan during a coordination meeting at KPAI’s office in Jakarta, last Friday.
The coordination meeting involved a number of key institutions. A number of ministries were present, including the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, the Ministry of Social Affairs, and the Ministry of Industrial Affairs.
The National Population and Family Planning Board (Badan Kependudukan dan Keluarga Berencana Nasional), commonly known by its abbreviation BKKBN, also participated together with PT. KBN Cakung, the Indonesia Employers Association (Asosiasi Pengusaha Indonesia - APINDO) and the Labor Policy Analyst Association (Lembaga Analisis Kebijakan dan Advokasi Perburuhan).
According to Ihsan, these institutions have critical roles in putting pressure on businesses to establish lactation rooms at their workplaces.
Ihsan illustrated that BKKBN is able to educate laborers and the public in industrial areas on the importance of breast milk for children.
The Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration on the other hand, Ihsan continued, may conduct inspections to make sure businesses are indeed making progress in establishing lactation rooms.
The Ministry of Industry, emphasized Muhammad, may require investors to provide lactation rooms and daycare centers.
“If they refuse to provide these rooms, don’t provide them with a license,” he asserted.
In the same meeting, Tresye Widiastuty Paidi, a representative from the Directorate General of Training and Productivity Development of the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, stated that the Government has indeed encouraged businesses to establish lactation rooms on their work premises.
Tresye also asserted that Article 200 of the Health Law includes a criminal penalty for businesses refusing to make lactation rooms available for their workers.
This criminal penalty is not to be taken lightly, it includes imprisonment of up to one year and a one hundred million rupiah fine.
Unfortunately, the Ministry of Health has not appointed special officials to oversee the implementation of the criminal penalties.
On a positive note, the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration and Ministry of Health has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further promote the establishment of lactation rooms at work premises.
This MoU, which involved worker unions and APINDO, established a special team to promote to businesses across Indonesia the critical need for lactation rooms.
Tresye continued that the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration has formed the Tempat Kerja Sayang Ibu program with similar aims as the special team established through the MoU between the two ministries.
“As of now, we are in the process of drafting guidelines on the oversight of the Tempat Kerja Sayang Ibu program,” concluded Tresye.
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Ady TD Achmad, Andin Aditya Rahman
The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has emphasized that the central and regional governments, together with other stakeholders, must be actively involved in protecting workers’ rights to breastfeed their children during working hours.
Muhammad Ihsan, KPAI commissioner, who delivered this view, said that the right to breastfeed is guaranteed under national laws and regulations, particularly under Article 128 of Law No. 36 of 2009 on Health.
According to reports received by KPAI, up to eighty percent of the children of working mothers are not breastfed because their mothers are too busy at work. This is clearly a mass violation by businesses in denying the rights of infants to be breastfed by their mothers.
Ihsan asserted that this problem must be properly addressed by all stakeholders, by ensuring and pressuring businesses to provide a special facility for working mothers to breastfeed their children during working hours on work premises.
“One of the things that must be established is lactation rooms and day care centers,” stated Ihsan during a coordination meeting at KPAI’s office in Jakarta, last Friday.
The coordination meeting involved a number of key institutions. A number of ministries were present, including the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, the Ministry of Social Affairs, and the Ministry of Industrial Affairs.
The National Population and Family Planning Board (Badan Kependudukan dan Keluarga Berencana Nasional), commonly known by its abbreviation BKKBN, also participated together with PT. KBN Cakung, the Indonesia Employers Association (Asosiasi Pengusaha Indonesia - APINDO) and the Labor Policy Analyst Association (Lembaga Analisis Kebijakan dan Advokasi Perburuhan).
According to Ihsan, these institutions have critical roles in putting pressure on businesses to establish lactation rooms at their workplaces.
Ihsan illustrated that BKKBN is able to educate laborers and the public in industrial areas on the importance of breast milk for children.
The Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration on the other hand, Ihsan continued, may conduct inspections to make sure businesses are indeed making progress in establishing lactation rooms.
The Ministry of Industry, emphasized Muhammad, may require investors to provide lactation rooms and daycare centers.
“If they refuse to provide these rooms, don’t provide them with a license,” he asserted.
In the same meeting, Tresye Widiastuty Paidi, a representative from the Directorate General of Training and Productivity Development of the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, stated that the Government has indeed encouraged businesses to establish lactation rooms on their work premises.
Tresye also asserted that Article 200 of the Health Law includes a criminal penalty for businesses refusing to make lactation rooms available for their workers.
This criminal penalty is not to be taken lightly, it includes imprisonment of up to one year and a one hundred million rupiah fine.
Unfortunately, the Ministry of Health has not appointed special officials to oversee the implementation of the criminal penalties.
On a positive note, the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration and Ministry of Health has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further promote the establishment of lactation rooms at work premises.
This MoU, which involved worker unions and APINDO, established a special team to promote to businesses across Indonesia the critical need for lactation rooms.
Tresye continued that the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration has formed the Tempat Kerja Sayang Ibu program with similar aims as the special team established through the MoU between the two ministries.
“As of now, we are in the process of drafting guidelines on the oversight of the Tempat Kerja Sayang Ibu program,” concluded Tresye.
(hot/kc)