For the first time in Italy, a Member of Parliament breastfed a child in Parliament. She has become the first woman MP to do so. According to media reports, Italian female MP Gilda Sportiello breastfed her son Federico in the Chamber of Deputies. After this, all the MPs welcomed his decision with thunderous applause. Along with this, he was praised a lot. The parliamentary panel has made a rule for women to fulfil this responsibility of a mother and their work.
In fact, in many countries, the incidence of breastfeeding is normal. But for the first time in the lower house of a male-dominated country like Italy, a female MP has done this by getting her child breastfed. People appreciated her for fulfilling the responsibility of being a mother amidst the compulsions of the workplace. While presiding over the session of Parliament, Giorgio Mule said that this is the first time, with the support of all parties, someone has breastfed a child.
Permission Was Given
In November last year, a parliamentary rules panel made the rule in Italy. Under this rule, the panel could come to the Parliament Chamber with their children and breastfeed them once a year. Gilda Sportiello, associated with Italy’s left-wing Five-Star Movement party, said many women stop prematurely breastfeeding. But they do not do this out of their mind but must do so due to work compulsions.
Two-Thirds Of The Parliamentarians In Italy’s Parliament Are Male.
Two-thirds of the parliamentarians in Italy are male. This happened for the first time in Italy’s history in October last year when Giorgia Meloni took charge as the female PM. However, Wednesday’s incident was the first in Italy. 13 years before that with Licia Ronzulli, now a senator for the centre-right Forza Italia party. She breastfed her little daughter at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
