Journal article

Oct 30 2023

Breastfeeding and infant care as ‘sexed’ care work: reconsideration of the three Rs to enable women’s rights, economic empowerment, nutrition and health (Gribble KD, Smith JP, et al. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023)

The "Three Rs" framework aims to achieve gender equality by recognizing, reducing, and redistributing women's care and domestic work. However, breastfeeding is a unique form of care work that should not be reduced and cannot be directly redistributed to fathers or others.

Handout

Aug 16 2023

Alive & Thrive Nigeria Maternal Nutrition Brochure

This brochure identifies best practices in nutrition and hygiene for pregnant and breastfeeding Nigerian mothers.

Journal article

Jul 20 2023

Journal article

May 13 2023

The volume and monetary value of human milk produced by the world's breastfeeding mothers: Results from a new tool (Smith J, Iellamo A, et al. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023)

The Mothers' Milk Tool was developed to make more visible the economic value contributed to society by women's unpaid care work through breastfeeding infants and young children.

Handout, Poster/Graphic

May 27 2019

Centers of Excellence for Breastfeeding Map

A map of Centers of Excellence for Breastfeeding facilities in Viet Nam (updated in September 2023).

Handout

Jan 12 2019

Husbands, Your care matters!

Undernourished pregnant women give birth to small, low birth weight babies who are often born before time and are at high risk of illness and death.

 
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