Breastfeeding in Uganda’s informal sector

Kampala, Uganda — Minority Africa. WHO recommends that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life and for up to two years. In Uganda, female employees are entitled to 60 working days of fully paid maternity leave. But how does this translate to mothers working in the informal sector?

This post is published as part of Minority Africa’s Breast Series, a collection of reports, analysis, and opinions aimed towards demystifying and decolonizing the discourse around breasts for African women. To view more in this series, click here.