ZAGREB, Feb 26 (Hina) - Under the organization of the Initiative Mothers' Committee, a group of mothers with children gathered at Zagreb's French Republic Square on Wednesday to protest against the reduction in additional childbirth
allowance for working mothers. The mothers requested state institutions to adjust the amount of the benefit for additional maternal leave of working mothers with their average salary, to establish the status of the working mother with several children, and the passing of a new law on child's benefit.
ZAGREB, Feb 26 (Hina) - Under the organization of the Initiative
Mothers' Committee, a group of mothers with children gathered at
Zagreb's French Republic Square on Wednesday to protest against the
reduction in additional childbirth allowance for working mothers.
The mothers requested state institutions to adjust the amount
of the benefit for additional maternal leave of working mothers
with their average salary, to establish the status of the working
mother with several children, and the passing of a new law on
child's benefit. #L#
Before gathering in the square, the mothers handed out
leaflets to members of parliament before the session of the House
of Representatives, appealing to them to include the problem of
childbirth allowance in the agenda.
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