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. 2021 Dec 23;9:732061. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.732061

Table 5.

Relationship between Breastfeeding Support Rooms and their contribution to achieving Sustainable Development Goals, Brazil, 2019–2020.

Relationship with the SDG SDG directly and indirectly affected by BSRs
BSRs have a strong relationship with SDG SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all
SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Breastfeeding Support Rooms BSRs contribute to raising the rates of breastfeeding, which has a potential relationship with the SDG SDG 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all of all ages
SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
SDG 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

The implementation of policies to promote, protect and support breastfeeding has the potential to reinforce breastfeeding in general, including breastfeeding in the work environment and BSR, in addition to contributing to SDG 17 on global partnerships and joint action between governments and civil society.