Elsa Gomes

Elsa Gomes is the current deputy director of the National Pensions Centre at the Institute of Social Security in Portugal and a former advisor to Minister Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho. Recently, she made headlines for her controversial comments on social media regarding breastfeeding practices, asserting that no 'normal' woman breastfeeds a child beyond two years and suggesting that such cases should warrant intervention from child protection services. Her remarks sparked significant discussion, especially in the context of proposed government reforms aimed at limiting breastfeeding-related work absences to two years.