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Aus Senator Makes History; Breast-Feeds Her Baby in Parliament

The Senator played a key role last year in effecting changes to make the parliament a more “family-friendly” one.

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In a heart-melting moment, the Australian Parliament witnessed history on Tuesday when Senator Larissa Waters became the first woman to breast-feed her baby in the top political institution.

Larissa brought along her second child Alia Joy on the first day of her work after the delivery. And little did her daughter know she would be leaving an indelible mark in Australian politics!

Waters took to Twitter to express her joy and also leave a message advocating woman empowerment in politics:

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Incidentally, it was just last year that several rules were introduced to make the parliament a more "family-friendly" one – with Waters playing a key role in effecting these changes.

Her colleague Senator Katy Gallagher also greeted the move, as she told Sky News:

Women have been doing it in parliaments around the world... It is great to see it is able to occur now in the Senate... Women are going to continue to have babies and if they want to do their job and be at work and look after their baby... the reality is we are going to have to accommodate that.
Katy Gallagher to Sky News

Now, let’s take a moment to ask ourselves whether this would be possible in the Indian Parliament. The answer points out to a bleak reality.

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