Japanese politician barred from bringing baby to council session
Women are still often expected to give up work after having children in Japan - AFP/ A local Japanese politician has stirred debate after she was forbidden from bringing her baby into a council session. In a case that contrasts starkly with the Australian lawmaker who breastfed her baby in parliament, Yuka Ogata was told she could not take part in the assembly on Wednesday if she had her seven-month-old son with her. Officials of the Kumamoto municipal assembly said visitors and observers were forbidden from the floor, and that included the ...
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