Breastfeeding – Girls' Globe https://www.girlsglobe.org Gender equality, human rights and social justice. Fri, 23 May 2025 11:36:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.girlsglobe.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/girlsglobe_icon_green2-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Breastfeeding – Girls' Globe https://www.girlsglobe.org 32 32 128553070 Neha Mankani: Midwifery and the Climate Crisis https://www.girlsglobe.org/2025/05/23/neha-mankani-midwifery-and-the-climate-crisis/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2025/05/23/neha-mankani-midwifery-and-the-climate-crisis/#respond Fri, 23 May 2025 11:35:50 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=66577 Neha Mankani is a community midwife and global health practitioner from Pakistan with a strong focus on reproductive health and rights in crisis situations, emergency response and climate-affected communities. 

Neha is the Humanitarian and Climate Engagement Advisor at the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) and the founder of the Mama Baby Fund; a financial emergency fund for maternal and neonatal healthcare in Pakistan. She has extensive experience in SRHR and maternal and neonatal health clinical practice, programming, and midwifery advocacy both at the local and global levels.

In this episode, Neha shares stories from her work with the coastal communities outside of Karachi, Pakistan and why she stared Mama Baby Fund. As a midwife with the ICM, Julia and Neha talk about how to build resilience in communities affected by the climate crisis and the critical role that midwives have.]]>
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Forget the ‘Mommy Wars’ – Breastfeeding Inequality is the Real Issue https://www.girlsglobe.org/2018/08/03/forget-the-mommy-wars-breastfeeding-inequality-is-the-real-issue/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2018/08/03/forget-the-mommy-wars-breastfeeding-inequality-is-the-real-issue/#respond Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:04:46 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=43391 Too many heated words and firey tweets are being spent on the breastfeeding ‘mommy war’. It needs to stop. Whether or not a well-educated and well-off mother chooses to breastfeed is not the big issue. The real problem – one impacting tens of thousands of lives – is breastfeeding inequality. Too many mothers are NOT getting […]]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2018/08/03/forget-the-mommy-wars-breastfeeding-inequality-is-the-real-issue/feed/ 0 43391 U.S. Opposes Global Breastfeeding Resolution https://www.girlsglobe.org/2018/07/10/u-s-opposes-global-breastfeeding-resolution/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2018/07/10/u-s-opposes-global-breastfeeding-resolution/#respond Tue, 10 Jul 2018 10:44:33 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=43137 This is not just another example of prioritizing private profit over public health, but rather, yet another infringement upon women’s rights.]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2018/07/10/u-s-opposes-global-breastfeeding-resolution/feed/ 0 43137 The First Defense https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/09/07/the-first-defense/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/09/07/the-first-defense/#respond Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:00:30 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=39544 September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and obesity prevention can start as early as the day a child is born. ]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/09/07/the-first-defense/feed/ 0 39544 My Journey of Political Courage, Resistance & Solidarity https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/31/breastfeeding-journey-political-courage-resistance-solidarity/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/31/breastfeeding-journey-political-courage-resistance-solidarity/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:26:02 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=39423 Culture remains a great influence on the uptake of positive breastfeeding practices, especially in the African context. I confronted many myths in my own breastfeeding journey.]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/31/breastfeeding-journey-political-courage-resistance-solidarity/feed/ 0 39423 The Power of Partnering with a Breastfeeding Mother https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/28/power-partnering-breastfeeding-mother/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/28/power-partnering-breastfeeding-mother/#respond Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:00:10 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=39307 What I've learnt about the importance of partnerships to make breastfeeding work is that it may take some time but it will always be worth it!]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/28/power-partnering-breastfeeding-mother/feed/ 0 39307 Increased Breastfeeding Could Save Over One Million Lives https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/14/increased-breastfeeding-save-one-million-lives/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/14/increased-breastfeeding-save-one-million-lives/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:00:56 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=38984 A new infographic from Mom Loves Best demonstrates exactly how important breastfeeding is to the overall health of infants, their mothers, and society as a whole. ]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/14/increased-breastfeeding-save-one-million-lives/feed/ 1 38984 Real Women’s Experiences of Breastfeeding https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/07/real-womens-experiences-breastfeeding/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/07/real-womens-experiences-breastfeeding/#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2017 11:53:23 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=38883 To mark World Breastfeeding Week, led by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, we asked women around the world to tell us a little bit about their experience of breastfeeding. We asked them about the partnerships they’d had that mattered most to them, as well as about the ones they wished they’d had but didn’t. Did […]]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/07/real-womens-experiences-breastfeeding/feed/ 2 38883 World Breastfeeding Week 2017 – Sustaining Breastfeeding Together https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/01/wbw2017/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/01/wbw2017/#respond Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:38:24 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=38770 “Breastfeeding for me was synonymous to giving life” – Felogene, mother, Kenya Breastfeeding is a core part of many new mothers’ lives, and it is an experience that is different for everyone. Yet the benefits of breastfeeding are universal and the barriers to breastfeeding are many, persisting across cultures and communities around the world. Women […]]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/08/01/wbw2017/feed/ 0 38770 It Takes Team Work https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/07/31/takes-team-work/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/07/31/takes-team-work/#respond Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:00:55 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=38710 The theme for the 2017 World Breastfeeding Week, “Sustaining Breastfeeding Together”, says it all: breastfeeding is a joint effort, involving a variety of actors whose collaboration is required to give mother and baby optimal conditions and maximum chances for a successful breastfeeding journey. While breastfeeding can be a very intimate experience for mothers and babies, […]]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/07/31/takes-team-work/feed/ 0 38710