{"id":85,"date":"2018-04-04T09:17:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waba.org.my\/blog\/?p=85"},"modified":"2018-04-04T17:56:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T17:56:33","slug":"bridging-gap-gender-equality-rural-communities-breastfeeding-heres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waba.org.my\/blog\/bridging-gap-gender-equality-rural-communities-breastfeeding-heres\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridging the gap of gender equality in rural communities through breastfeeding.  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Gender equality, especially for them, requires creative and sustainable social interventions. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setting the scene for global gender equality, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sowf.men-care.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/PRO17004_REPORT-Post-print-June9-WEB-3.pdf\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State of the World\u2019s Fathers: Time for Action<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> report advocated for men and boys to take over at least 50 percent of unpaid work. \u00a0But, how can rural communities get there? The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waba.org.my\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides a possible pathway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/waba.org.my\/gbpf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Empowering-Parents-Campaign-Draft-GBPF-2016.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empowering Parents Campaign<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (EPC) promotes <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/womenwatch\/feature\/ruralwomen\/overview-social-protection.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">social protection measures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and changes in social norms to empower parents and caregivers to facilitate the integration of caring work (including breastfeeding) and other work. \u00a0For rural communities, this addresses both women\u2019s and men\u2019s roles as caregivers and providers &#8212; in unpaid and paid work, in formal and informal sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding in rural communities can, by design, be another entry point for the empowerment of women, \u201d says Dr. Amal Omer-Salim, WABA Executive Director.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_88\" style=\"width: 366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88\" src=\"http:\/\/waba.org.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Deepa-A.-Baker-WBW-2013-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"267\" class=\"wp-image-88 \" srcset=\"https:\/\/waba.org.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Deepa-A.-Baker-WBW-2013-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/waba.org.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Deepa-A.-Baker-WBW-2013.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Changing perceived gender roles in caregiving can accelerate gender equality <br \/>( Deepa \u00a9 WABA 2013 )<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EPC pushes the challenge of changing social norms to the forefront. \u00a0By partnering with civil society and local grassroots activists, rural communities can be collectively empowered to recognise that breastfeeding plays a particularly important role in the health and wellbeing of families. This means that breastfeeding needs to be supported by everyone in the community, including men and boys. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/46322-fatherhood-changes-brain.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hormonal and neurobiological changes happen in both men and women<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and can result in more nurturing behaviors toward their child, if they are supported to do so. \u00a0This premise unleashes the potential of fathers and men, and mothers and women, to shun stereotypical assumptions about nurturing, caregiving and work together toward greater gender equality.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_90\" style=\"width: 431px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90\" src=\"http:\/\/waba.org.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/182-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"292\" class=\" wp-image-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waba.org.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/182-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waba.org.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/182-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waba.org.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/182.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporting a woman\u2019s right to breastfeed empowers <br \/> men, women and their children <br \/>( Namatovu \u00a9 WABA 2012 )<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/familyincluded.com\/breastfeeding-family-teamwork\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">briefing paper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/familyincluded.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Family Included <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">noted that breastfeeding decisions are so deeply embedded in family decision-making that researchers adopted the term \u201cbreastfeeding teamwork\u201d to describe it. \u00a0Breastfeeding teamwork includes shared responsibilities and increased collective involvement in child-rearing. \u00a0The research also points out that effective breastfeeding support by a father includes the ability to be responsive to the mother\u2019s needs, including respecting her autonomy when she does not actually need help. \u00a0This also reflects that the involvement of fathers and men in the support of breastfeeding is woman-centric, and empowers her within a family and community. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breastfeeding is central to the wellbeing of all families, and therefore should be central in efforts to bridge the gap of gender equality in communities, rural and urban alike. This will benefit women <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> men, girls <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">boys. \u00a0Everyone\u2019s in it together, marching to the tune of global gender equality. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As urban women and girls around the world march toward gender equality with men and boys to the tune of movements such as #HeforShe, #MeToo and #Time\u2019sUp, rural women and girls in developing countries still struggle to get in step. 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