The Lactation at Work Law provided leverage for management to create change through institutional politics within organizations, even moving their organization’s lactation accommodations beyond basic compliance with the law. The law provided a tool for change and conferred legitimacy on workplace lactation and its accommodations. These human resource personnel and supervising managers were eager to comply with the Lactation at Work Law, often going beyond what the law mandated. Due to their social proximity to breastfeeding – either through their own experiences or those of close family or friends – these Allies Already understood the difficulties of workplace milk expression, supported the goal of breastfeeding, and advocated workplace lactation accommodations even before the law was passed.

This chapter explains who is most likely to become victims of violence. It starts by explaining how social proximity to perpetrators or victims of violence could increase the likelihood of being targeted with violence. Then, it discusses how dangerous locations can reinforce the danger of dangerous connections. Finally, it uses interview data to examine its argument. It finds that social proximity to perpetrators in particular increases the likelihood of having violent experiences. Social networks that provide access to information about security conditions and ties to members of the Nusra Front combine to increase the likelihood of witnessing violence.