Purpose:
To come together as a multidisciplinary collaborative to explore potential synergy between _____ supporters, women?s health advocates and providers, feminists, family planning professionals, representatives of the underserved, faith leaders, humanities? scholars, and legislative and political bodies and other interested parties.
Context:
Advocacy for women?s equality and for _____ing behavior has not been adequately supportive of women?s roles and needs … Many scholars have conceived of _____ing as a practice that constrains women from achieving social and economic gains … It has been viewed as a ?choice? rather than a rights or health issue. This symposium aims to re-position _____ing as an issue of women?s reproductive health, rights and justice.
Approach:
_____ing is a social and biological process wherein women must have the right of self-determination, a public health imperative, and a reproductive right. Although women?s rights to _____ require support, we ultimately need to re-orient this right from one of ?choice? to one of social justice, health, and human rights. …
Omitted are all the references to breastfeeding.
