Breastfeeding rooms and creches sold to the factories as a service, since the law asks for them

A first step

Visit the HR managers at three factories with large female workforces and ask how they meet the law on nursing mothers now, and how many trained women they lose after maternity. Offer to fit, equip and run a lactation room and creche as a monthly service. The proof is one factory that asks for a written price.

Who pays first

A factory HR manager losing trained women after maternity, who pays because keeping one experienced worker costs less than hiring and training a new one.

What leaves today

Factories lose trained women at the birth of a child; a creche keeps their skill in the workforce and saves the cost of training again.

The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.

The test

Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?

The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.

In the book

• Ch. OneThe Letter That Says Yes and Means No
  32% of adult women in work, against 70% of men

More from cluster 23

• 436Childcare co-operatives run by mothers for mothers, licensed and inspected, in every town
• 437After-school clubs at the schools, paid by the parents, run by teachers who want the income
• 438Women-only transport services for the night shifts and the early trains
• 439Home-based work platforms that pay properly: sewing, bookkeeping, transcription, design
• 440Shared workspaces for women with childcare attached, in Colombo and the district towns
• 441Women's craft co-operatives with a single brand and a single buyer abroad

All 15 ideas in this cluster