This paper describes the development of the Mothers’ Milk Tool, which calculates the economic value contributed by women’s unpaid care work through breastfeeding infants and young children. The tool can be used to track progress on breastfeeding targets and assist consideration of breastfeeding in food balance sheets and economic production statistics.
New tool calculates economic value of breastfeeding for mothers and society
This paper describes the development of the Mothers' Milk Tool, which calculates the economic value contributed by women's unpaid care work through breastfeeding infants and young children. The tool can be used to track progress on breastfeeding targets and assist consideration of breastfeeding in food balance sheets and economic production statistics.