SYMPOSIUM: 4th Breastfeeding and Feminism Symposium: From the birthplace to the workplace
26 March 2009, Greensboro, USA
Organizer: Carolina Breastfeeding Institute
Event date: 26 March 2009
Venue: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
From Birthplace To Workplace will build on the following principles addressed at previous symposia:
- Breastfeeding is a public health imperative and an important aspect of reproductive health, as well as a reproductive right and a social and biological process;
- Women must have the right of self-determination to breastfeed freely and without constraint;
- It is important to re-orient the paradigm in which breastfeeding is viewed as a "lifestyle choice" to a paradigm in which it is a "human right" and a "social justice issue" so as to ensure the social, economic and political conditions necessary to promote success; and
- Women's decisions to breastfeed should not result in the loss of their economic security or any rights or privileges to which they are otherwise entitled.
The 2009 symposium brings a feminist lens to ensuring the social, economic and political conditions necessary to secure breastfeeding for all women from the birthplace to the workplace.
Abstracts for poster presentations that describe relevant research, programs or policies are accepted. If you would be interested in having your research or program considered for poster presentation, please send your abstract to Paige Smith at phsmith@uncg.edu or cwhw@uncg.edu. (336.334.4735)