导读:对于职场妈妈来说，兼顾工作和家庭是件挺不容易的事。对于从政的母亲来说，一边工作一边照顾孩子更是力不从心。澳大利亚众议院允许议员在议会上母乳喂养，是否人性化？
Australian Senator Larissa Waters has become the first politician to breastfeed in the nation’s parliament.
澳大利亚参议员拉丽莎沃特斯成为了首位在国会议会上母乳喂养的官员。
Ms Waters, from the left-wing Greens party, fed two-month-old daughter Alia Joy during a vote on Tuesday.
左翼绿党派的沃特斯女士在周二的一次投票过程中给她两个月大的女儿阿利亚乔伊喂奶。
The lower house last year joined the Senate in allowing breastfeeding, but no MPs in either house had done so.
众议院去年与参议院在同意母乳喂养的问题上达成一致，但是没有任何一位参议员这样做过。
It followed a backlash in 2015 when Kelly O’Dwyer, a government minister, was asked to consider expressing milk to avoid missing parliamentary duties.
该事件的背景是2015年一位叫做凯利奥德维尔的政府部长，不得不通过将母乳挤出来喂养的方式来保住她政府部门的工作。
"We need more women and parents in Parliament," Ms Waters said on Facebook.
沃特斯女士在Facebook上发表称：“我们需要更多的女性和家长参与议会。”
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"And we need more family-friendly and flexible workplaces, and affordable child care, for everyone."
“我们需要为每一个人考虑如何利于家庭生活并且灵活可变的工作场所，以及可负担的托儿所。”
Labor Senator Katy Gallagher said the moment deserved to be acknowledged.
工党参议员凯蒂.加拉赫表示此刻值得被铭记。
"Women have been doing it in parliaments around the world," she told Sky News Australia.
她对澳大利亚天空新闻台说：“全世界的议会上都有女人们的身影。”
"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."
“女性将会继续生孩子，如果她们想继续她们的事业，就得一边工作一边照顾孩子，现实是我们将不得不适应这种情况。”
Until last year, MPs in the lower House of Representatives could take babies only into parliamentary offices or public galleries.
直到去年，众议院的议会代表们才可以将孩子带到议会办公室或者公共走廊。
Politicians have been permitted to breastfeed in the Senate since 2003.
自2003年以来政府官员们被批准可以在参议员进行母乳喂奶。
The subject is a sensitive issue in many parliaments around the world.
这个问题在全世界的许多议会中都是个敏感的话题。
Last year, a report on diversity in UK politics recommended that allowing breastfeeding in the House of Commons should be considered.
去年，一份关于英国政治多元化的报告建议允许在下议院进行母乳喂养被纳入考虑范围。
However, one MP in 2015 warned it could risk ridicule from the tabloid press.
然而，2015年一位议员警告说，母乳喂养可能会招到小报记者的嘲笑。
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