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MATERNITY RIGHTS FOR WORKING WOMEN

Theme: Labour: An injury to one is an injury to all!


Call Number: 1759
Identifier: AL2446_1759
Title: MATERNITY RIGHTS FOR WORKING WOMEN
Date: 1985
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
Health Information Centre- HIC;
Maternity;
Rights;
Labour;
Women
Description: This poster is an offset litho in red and black, produced by the HIC, Johannesburg. This poster lists women workers' minimum demands for maternity rights. The text reads: "MATERNITY RIGHTS FOR WORKING WOMEN : We demand the right to: : • work when we are pregnant : • work in safe conditions : time off to attend ante-natal clinics : • look after our babies for at least 6 months : • get paid while we are away : • come back to our jobs without loss of benefits • paternity leave for working men (when their babies are born) : HEALTH INFORMATION CENTRE. : 1 Melle House, 31 Melle St., : Braamfontein : PO Box 30869, Braamfontein, 2017 : Tel No 339 7411". Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 71 (number 129) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It is also included in the SAHA Exhibition Kit - Women.
Creator: Produced by the Health Information Centre (HIC)
Type: Poster
Format: Access image – jpeg
Preservation image – tiff
Source: SAHA Collection AL2446
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: Copyright of some materials are held by individual postermakers/organisations. Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for more information.
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