Breastfeeding and infant care as 'sexed' care work: reconsideration of the three Rs to enable women's rights, economic empowerment, nutrition and health

• Main Authors: Karleen D. Gribble (Author), Julie P. Smith (Author), Tine Gammeltoft (Author), Valerie Ulep (Author), Penelope Van Esterik (Author), Lyn Craig (Author), Catherine Pereira-Kotze (Author), Deepta Chopra (Author), Adiatma Y. M. Siregar (Author), Mohammad Hajizadeh (Author), Roger Mathisen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Women's1 lifelong health and nutrition status is intricately related to their reproductive history, including the number and spacing of their pregnancies and births, and for how long and how intensively they breastfeed their children. In turn, women's reproductive biology is closely linked...