How can we better support breastfeeding mothers, particularly after they return to work? These are some of the policies and practical changes that evidence shows would make a difference.
- Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
The Bureau of Statistics is considering scaling back the scope of Australia’s time-use survey in a way that will make it difficult to tell how much time we spend caring for children.
The report of the Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce mentions birth only twice, and breastfeeding not at all. Yet, properly valued, breastmilk contributes $154 per litre to the Australian economy.
New European laws aimed at regulating trade in human milk products could be used to target person-to-person sharing of milk for babies.
Industry marketing can shape beliefs about formula feeding.
The WHO recommends women should be encouraged to breastfeed straight after birth, for both the mothers’s and baby’s health, including increasing baby’s immunity.
Rekomendasi WHO cukup jelas bahwa menyusui harus tetap didukung demi manfaat kesehatan ibu dan bayi, termasuk meningkatkan sistem kekebalan tubuh bayi.
Breastfeeding is important for infant and maternal health. But without national data non breastfeeding rates, we have no idea whether things are improving or getting worse.
Working at home has been far from costless, but many of the costs aren’t counted in the GDP.
Supporting mums in prison and whose babies are in care to breastfeed has benefits for mums, their children and wider society.
If breast milk was made in factories, we’d count it in the GDP.
The potential for exploitation is rife in the international market for breast milk. Fair trade and fair pay regulations are crucial to protect consumers in Australia and suppliers abroad.
Alongside this week’s announcement of a free trade deal between China and Australia came reports of Gina Rinehart’s investment in a Queensland dairy operation to supply infant formula to China. Australia’s…
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