Empowerment of rural women and girls: How breastfeeding and skilled lactation support can empower rural women and improve health outcomes Breastfeeding empowers women, including rural women and girls, to provide their children with optimal nutrition, improve child survival, and promote…
WABA statement for International Women’s Day 2018
Empower Everyone: Breastfeeding and the Transformation of Women’s Lives Scaling up breastfeeding could prevent 823,000 annual deaths in children under 5 years and 20,000 annual deaths from breast cancer among other well documented benefits1. Breastfeeding also provides a strong…