Are you a breastfeeding mom? Does your workplace encourage and support breastfeeding?
Here is a checklist of requirements in establishing a breastfeeding room or lactation station in places of work, as mandated by RA No. 10028, the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act sponsored by Senator Pia S. Cayetano:
1) Accessible to breastfeeding women
2) Adequately provided with necessary equipment & facilities, including:
- Lavatory for hand-washing
- Refrigeration or appropriate cooling facilities for storing expressed breastmilk
- Electrical outlets for breast pumps
- A small table
- Comfortable seats
3) Private, clean, sanitary, well ventilated, comfortable, and free from contaminants/hazardous substances
4) Not located in the toilet
5) Has no form of promotion, marketing, and/or sales of infant formula and/or breastmilk substitutes
![A breastfeeding station in SM](https://piacayetano.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_20190804_085929.jpg)
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