(WOMENSENEWS)–The president is right. We need better family leave policies in the United States. He said so at the big White House meeting last week and it deserves repeating until we get it done. Currently all we have in the way of guaranteed parental leave is...
The full-day meeting explored a range of reforms to benefit working families. But the day also saw federal contractors walk off their jobs to protest the federal government’s role as the largest funder of low-wage jobs for working women and people of color. ...
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity In 2011, New York had a birth facility score of 73 out of a possible 100 (22). The US Surgeon General recommends that maternity care practices throughout the United States fully support breastfeeding (14). A review of evidence...
Breast milk and diet up to two years old: A means of preventing the risk of child obesity Many studies have focused on the influence of breast-feeding on child health. From analysis of data from the ELANCE cohort, Marie Françoise Rolland-Cachera, former researcher at...
New York City restaurants are awash in ratings, from Zagat numbers and Michelin stars to Health Department letter grades. Now there’s one to show how welcoming they are to new moms who need to nurse. Latch, a campaign created by four graduate students at New York...
Delta Air Lines has apologized to a California woman for mistakenly telling her she would not be able to breastfeed her infant son on a flight unless she used a nursing cover after the exchange ignited a social media firestorm. Read full story on NBC...
