Justin Trudeau shared a photo of his wife Sophie breastfeeding
Last week was World Breastfeeding Week, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau chose to bring awareness to the issue by sharing a deeply personal family photo.
Trudeau posted a picture of his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, breastfeeding their youngest child, Hadrian Grégoire, to Twitter on Saturday.
“This World Breastfeeding Week, let’s support mothers to breastfeed anytime, anywhere,” Grégoire Trudeau was quoted as saying in the tweet.
This World Breastfeeding Week, let’s support mothers to breastfeed anytime, anywhere. – SGT #WBW2016 pic.twitter.com/vgRMhzVY1Z
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) August 6, 2016
This year’s World Breastfeeding Week was meant to raise awareness on the connection between breastfeeding and sustainable development, according to a joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake and WHO Director General Margaret Chan.
“Supporting breastfeeding is one of the smartest investments countries can make in the wellbeing of their citizens — and thus, in their own long-term strength,” reads the statement.
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Public breastfeeding, however, is still considered a controversial topic in some nations. Many women posted photos of themselves breastfeeding to social media in an attempt to draw awareness to World Breastfeeding Week and to help end the stigma.
Many included the hashtag #NormalizeBreastfeeding in their photos.
A photo posted by Michelle Butterfield (@mmmbutters) on
World Breastfeeding Week ran from August 1 to 7.
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