• Biju Antony
• Suranya S Kumar

The welfare of mother and child is very important in every civilized society and it can be established only through guaranteeing the bread earning source. Women work force have many challenges of motherhood phenomena implanted by the creator in them as a blessing. The blessing becomes a hurdle if the society does not consider procreation as a sacred sign. The international law and many constitutions of civilized society have realized the importance of female workforce for welfare of individual, society, state and its economy. To alleviate and protect the challenges that are faced by women in their career, the Maternity Benefit Act is introduced. The notion of MBA is an outcome of ILO in the year 1919 and it sprang to many constitutions of international community. The research article is developed from the history of MBA, its development, moved ahead with the necessity of main streaming of the women workforce with data, precedents of courts and its further extension and application in Indian Universities. Education is the foundation of all growth and development of individual, society, state and it is a constitutional fundamental right. Equal opportunity in education of women enhances the heights society as welfare society. The research article is developed with primary as well as secondary sources. It is a doctrinal research article.

Maternity Leave; women’s workforce; Maternity Benefit Act; working woman; equal opportunity; maternity benefit precedents; women empowerment; Constitutional Right

"Maternity Leave: A Constitutional Right of Female Students", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no.b580-b584, March-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2303174.pdf

"Maternity Leave: A Constitutional Right of Female Students", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no. ppb580-b584, March-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2303174.pdf