Gabrielle Palmer

Gabrielle Palmer ta shafe sama da shekaru 40 tana fafutukar kare haƙƙin mata a faɗin duniya don dakatar da tallata magungunan maye gurbin nono a duk duniya da kuma tallafawa ciyar da jarirai yadda ya kamata. Ita ce mawallafin littafin The Politics of Breastfeeding, wanda ba a taɓa fitar da shi ba tun lokacin da aka fara buga shi a shekarar 1988.

 Yaro da rayuwar iyali 
An haife ta a Asibitin St Thomas, Palmer ta yi yarinta a Kudancin Landan. Ta halarci Convent of Our Lady of Sion, Bayswater, London, daga 1958 zuwa 1965, sannan ta yi karatu a Jami'ar Manchester (BA General Arts, 1966 zuwa 1969), inda ta haɗu da John. Sun yi aure a 1968 kuma a farkon shekarun 1970 ta zama mai ba da shawara kan shayar da jarirai nono na National Childbirth Trust . 

 Rayuwar farko ta sana'a 
Rayuwar Palmer ta fara ne a matsayin malamar makarantar sakandare (1969 zuwa 1976) sannan ta yi aiki a matsayin mai shirya kungiyar Save the Children, Schools and Universities daga 1977 zuwa 1980. Iyalan sun ƙaura zuwa Mozambique a 1981 inda Palmer ta yi aikin sa kai (tare da Hukumar Sa-kai ta Duniya ) tana aiki a fannin abinci mai gina jiki da ilimi a cikin cibiyoyin gwamnati daban-daban a Maputo, ciki har da gidan marayu da asibitoci. Ta gudanar da azuzuwan uwaye ga yara masu fama da rashin abinci mai gina jiki don tallafawa azuzuwan ciyarwa na gaba ta amfani da abinci da ake samu a yankin kuma ta koyar da ma'aikatan lafiya abinci mai gina jiki ga ɗalibai. Ta lura cewa iyaye mata za su iya ci gaba da shayarwa, duk da rashin isasshen abinci. 

Palmer ta koma Birtaniya don yin karatu a fannin MSc Human Nutrition a Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya da Magungunan Tropical ta London (1985). An san ta a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan tallafawa shayarwa da kuma mai fafutukar hana tallata madadin madarar nono ba bisa ƙa'ida ba. 

 Aikin kamfen 
A shekarar 1974, lokacin da 'ya'yanta biyu suna ƙanana, Palmer ta karanta littafin The Baby Killer, wani littafi mai tasiri na Mike Muller wanda ƙungiyar agaji ta War on Want ta buga  wanda ke nuna yadda ake amfani da madarar nono a yankunan da amfani da ita ke haifar da kamuwa da cuta da mutuwar jarirai. Palmer ta ƙuduri aniyar yin aiki tare da hana tallata madarar roba fiye da shayarwa. Ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kafa ƙungiyar kamfen ɗin Baby Milk Action ( International Baby Food Action Network, IBFAN), wadda ke Cambridge, Birtaniya, kuma har yanzu ita ce mai kula da ita.  Wannan aikin da aka yi da Baby Milk Action ya haɗa da daidaita kauracewa kayayyakin Nestle na Burtaniya, wayar da kan jama'a game da batun da kuma WHO/UNICEF International Code of Marketing of Breast-Madadin Substitutes a kwalejoji, makarantu da cibiyoyi na Burtaniya, da kuma jawo hankalin 'yan siyasa da manyan mutane.

A shekarar 1999, an naɗa ta Jami'ar Kula da Cututtukan Kanjamau da Yara a Hedikwatar UNICEF, da ke New York. Daga 2001 zuwa 2007 ta yi aiki a matsayin malamar makaranta da kuma mai koyarwa a Makarantar Tsafta da Magungunan Wurare Masu Yawa ta London, sannan kuma ta yi aiki a Kwamitin Zaɓen Ƙwararrun Yara na UNICEF UK, sannan ta ci gaba da ayyukan ba da shawara na 'yan sanda daban-daban.  Ta yi aiki da kuma gudanar da gajerun darussan horo ga ƙwararrun likitoci a ƙasashe 46, ciki har da Mongolia, Libya da Koriya ta Arewa.  Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin manajan amintacce na Health Books International lokacin da aka san ta da Teaching-aids a Low Cost, TALC. Ta ci gaba da yin kamfen kuma ƙungiyar Kula da Ingantawa a Ayyukan Mata ta buga ayyukanta na baya-bayan nan. 
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 Lakca da koyarwa 
Palmer ta ci gaba da aiki tukuru wajen kamfen, [undefined] tsara kwasa-kwasan horo, koyarwa, shawarwari da rubutu. Daga 1991 zuwa 1997, ta kasance darakta mai haɗin gwiwa a kwas na gajeren lokaci na duniya, Nono-Shayarwa: aiki da manufofi a Cibiyar Lafiyar Yara, London.  A cikin waɗannan shekarun ta ba da gudummawa ga haɓaka kwasa-kwasan da za a iya canjawa wuri ga WHO/UNICEF waɗanda aka tsara don horar da masu horarwa 'cascade' a duk duniya. Waɗannan sun haɗa da, Shawarwari kan Nono-Shayarwa: kwas na horo, gwajin filin sigar Sinanci a Taiwan a 1997, kwas ɗin horo na UNICEF kan Dokar Talla ta Duniya ta Madarar Nono da kuma kwas ɗin ciyar da jarirai na WHO/UNICEF.

 Littattafai 
A shekarar 1988, Pandora Press (Unwin Hyman) ta buga littafin Palmer na farko, Siyasar Nono . Ya yi tasiri kuma ya zama dole a karanta shi a kan darussa ga ungozoma da sauransu. An sami ƙaramin sabuntawa lokacin da HarperCollins ya sake buga shi a shekarar 1993 da kuma babban gyara ga bugu na Pinter & Martin wanda aka ƙaddamar a shekarar 2009 kuma aka sake buga shi a cikin shekarar, da kuma a shekarar 2011 da 2016. Wannan bugu da aka sabunta ya ƙunshi sabon babi mai taken "Gudunmawarku Mai Kyau Za Ta Iya Yin Harm fiye da Kyau", wanda Farfesa na Gina Jiki a Jami'ar Columbia ke amfani da shi don ilmantar da ɗalibanta game da abinci mai gina jiki a lokacin gaggawa.  Muhimman gudummawar ilimi da littattafan Palmer sune:

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