29-year-old Zoe Frangou has been surrendered from Mothercare’s Bluewater store. The mom did not hide her surprise because she was in a baby and maternity store.

At the time of shopping, a 3-year-old mother, Elias, heard her baby cried, so it was clear to her that the baby wanted to eat. That is why, for a long time without hesitation, she decided to feed her son with breastfeeding. For this purpose, she sat in a quiet shop, but a moment later an employee approached her and forbade her to feed her baby in the store.

Frangou turned to a formal complaint to management the same day but received no response, so she decided to describe her case on Facebook. Her public complaint, in which she wrote that she was “disgusted with the way the store handled it,” quickly gained publicity on the Web.

“What is more shocking is the fact that the event took place in one of the largest networks with articles for young mothers and children,” she wrote in her complaint on Facebook to a young mother and added: “I am disgusted with how I was treated and that My needs and my baby have not been taken into account at all. ”

“It was all the more stressful because the employee was not nice to me,” Frangou added. After the publication of the complaint, it turned out that a similar thing happened to other mothers. Zoe Frangou said earlier that Mothercare stores had special places where we could safely breastfeed their children without risking unnecessary judgments, but they were liquidated.

“Irony is that I was sure Mothercare would be the perfect place to breastfeed. At first, the shop staff told me that I could not feed there because they were moving their assortment boxes here. ”

Zoe Frangou says she asked the store if there was a special place for breastfeeding mothers but she was told: “there is no such place”. So she found empty space and claimed she was very discreet. But the shop worker noticed her and approached her saying, “You know you can not do this here?”

Zoe, in shock, apologized to the employee who repeated the ban again. Network executives claim, however, that they have not received any official complaint but promised to find it in their system.

“We fully support breastfeeding mothers in our stores. Young moms are able to feed their children in our stores wherever they like, and for those in need of some privacy, special rooms are prepared, “said the network spokesman.

According to a study conducted by the Trade Union Congress in the UK state taking care of the mother of a child is one of the worst in Europe. Women living in the UK can only count on six weeks’ paid leave honestly. It is worse only in Ireland and Slovakia.

Even in countries such as Croatia, Hungary or the Czech Republic, women can count on much better terms of maternity leave. According to research by the TUC mothers of newborn babies in the UK can only count on six weeks’ paid maternity leave honestly, “which in this case means przynajmiej two-thirds of regular earnings. In theory, live in the UK, young mothers can devote to child care throughout the year, but only by a small part of this period can count on a really solid aid.

Maternity allowances in the UK. The rights of pregnant women

For the first six weeks after the birth of his child, they receive 90% of their salary regular work, but then the sum of the benefits falls to 140 pounds – but only if that 90 % is not less than that amount. This state of affairs continues for another 33 weeks. After this deadline can not count on Statutory Maternity Pay. It is worth noting that in order to receive the allowance, you must be employed with the same employer for 26 weeks (up to 15 weeks before birth), and the weekly rate may not be less than £ 112.

It is worth mentioning about Maternity Allowance. This benefit is usually paid if you do not qualify to receive Statutory Maternity Pay. It can charge the persons who are employed for a total of 66 26 weeks prior to parturition or are self-discharge and a relevant contribution, or 13 weeks in the 66 preceding the date of birth, but in this case, the average income must be at least £ 30 per week.

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What is the situation with other European countries? In Croatia, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic women receive two-thirds or more of their monthly salary for a period exceeding four months. In Estonia, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Denmark, France, Malta, and Switzerland for at least three months. Of the 24 countries examined by the TUC only in Ireland and Slovakia, it was worse than in the UK.

In Poland, preparations are underway to limit access to the pills “day after”. Meanwhile, in the UK to benefit from such pills it is not only a limited requirement for consultation with a pharmacist, but it is also 5 times more expensive than in other parts of Europe.

Emergency contraception is used by women when they are not secured during intercourse, or when the selected sex contraceptive not checked (e.g., When burst condom). Pill “morning after” which are taken at 5 days after intercourse, ovulation moves and does not allow in this way to fertilize the egg.

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In the UK pill “day after” it is very expensive because it costs an average of 5 times more than in other European Union countries. According to the European Consortium for Emergency Contraception pill in France, such costs £ 5.50, and in the UK until the UK £ 31.60.

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Anne Furedi of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service argues that the attitude of the authorities to emergency contraception is unacceptable. – Emergency contraception is a safe and effective way to prevent unplanned pregnancy, but the current framework regulating this issue in the UK are offensive, expensive and do not correspond to the needs of women – said Furedi.

– Condoms are on the shelf. Sex toys are on the shelf. All kinds of drugs are on the shelf. So why do we have a problem with emergency contraception? As a society, we treat sex as a pleasure, and at the same time we expect that women will bend heads in shame when something goes wrong, as it sometimes just happens – she added.

Be economically independent

Financial autonomy is the possibility of generating income that allows us to pay for our expenses. People with economic independence have the ability to make their own decisions and not depend on anyone. Women were not always able to work or manage their own assets. Today, having our own money is a guarantee of freedom and the best protection against a violent couple, a difficult divorce, or an unexpected widowhood. Money, as a source of power, has been elusive for women historically, and having it makes it easier for us to be the rulers of our destinies.

Do not let society make the important decisions in your life.

Women have conquered the possibility of choosing between different lifestyles. For centuries, the fate of women was dictated by society. Now we can decide. What kind of woman do we want to be, what kind of education do we want to receive, what career do we want to build, what kind of couple do we want to have, what kind of family do we want to train, etc. However, many times we do not take responsibility for making these decisions consciously, but we let ourselves be carried away by what society prescribes without really thinking if it is what we want for ourselves. Not a few women thought that they were very free and suddenly found themselves living a life they did not want. Of course, we have the right to make mistakes and correct the course, but life there is only one,

Choose your partner well

One of the most important decisions for women is to choose our partner well. The risk we face is to choose someone perfect on paper but not so perfect in the day to day domestic, choose someone wrong for fear of being alone, or let our hustle hormones decide. We have to take our time and not get caught up in superficial details but look for qualities that respond to what we want in the long term in a stable couple, according to the type of relationship that we aspire to have. In addition, to be sure that we will choose the right person, it is essential to have an honest conversation where we discuss whether we want to have children or not and when.

Stop seeing your body as the enemy

Women are constantly bombarded with images about how our body should be and, as reality rarely matches that mold, we have become accustomed to our body is something against which we have to fight. In addition, it seems that there is a tension between cultivating the body and the mind, and that we have to choose between being attractive or being intelligent, but it is not. Our bodies are the continent of our being; The mind does not exist outside the body. There is no ‘cloud’ of minds. Our brain will work better if we have healthy nutrition and sleep well, and our heart will be stronger and happier if we find a way to exercise the body that produces endorphins and have fun. It is no use to endure hunger and kill yourself in a gym at the expense of our physical, mental and social health.

Learn to say ‘No’ and go on time

Women educate us to please and that’s why it’s incredibly difficult to say no. As we want to satisfy everyone many times we end up with a lot of commitments that steal time and energy from our real interests. It happens to us at home, at work, with friends, with suitors and even with neighbors; Tell them that it does not make us feel selfish and unfriendly. It is okay to be supportive, but the need to please can not be above our personal goals because we could lose track of our plan of life. For the same reason it is equally important to learn to leave and leave behind people and situations that do not allow us to grow: relationships where we can not be ourselves whether they are couples, relatives or friends; Work that bores us or that is not valued; And environments that can put us at risk as a drunk driver, a violent relationship or a bullying boss. To say no and to know how to leave, in many cases can save our lives, literally or metaphorically.

Rate our achievements and participate in the outstanding struggles

To study, to work, to vote, to use contraceptives, to abort, to aspire to public offices, to have a passport, to handle a bank account, to divorce, to leave a party with friends without having to ask permission of anyone … Countless rights women have gone Conquering However, the continuous road and the possibility of losing them is latent. While many of us enjoy multiple privileges, we can not ignore the struggles that remain pending so that all women can have a full life and enjoy their rights without any discrimination: black women, indigenous women, lesbians, Those who live in a situation of disability, girls, Muslims, Afro women, domestic workers, and trans. Each of us, from the place he occupies in society,