I hear you but instead of comparing this society to others why not come up with ideas that will work here in this particular reality. If you look at the population of women receiving support from WIC it's mostly single mothers. If they don't work who's going to support them? What if a woman has not support network like the women from the more "traditional" societies? I think we're talking about a bunch of different things here.

Even in this social context, guerilla_love breastfeeding her child may or may not be the same as a low-income mother and her situation.