Breastfeeding Behind Bars: Breaking the cycle of ... - Unicef UK

Advocacy is about
Representation* for vulnerable people – infants and
young children, pregnant, recently birthed and postbirth
mothers
Empowerment* – appropriate education, instilling
confidence, skills, ability, increasing capacity
Enabling* - development, growth, opportunity,
strengthening and making ‘it’ possible
Raising status* – valuing babies, mothers and parents
and taking action*
*Gary Melton, 1987