The harm caused by manufacturers of sweet processed baby foods is at last being exposed and prompting calls for transparency and regulation.
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IBFAN – International Baby Food Action Network
The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) is an international coalition aiming to improve maternal and infant and young child health through the protection, support and promotion of breastfeeding and optimal complementary feeding. It was formed by a small group of organisations and activists, concerned about the high mortality of formula fed babies, who came together in 1979 at the end of a WHO/UNICEF joint meeting on infant and young child feeding. The meeting had recommended an international code to regulate the marketing of infant formula, bottles and teats and other products marketed as breastmilk substitutes.
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WILL CODEX OPEN THE DOOR TO EXPLOITATION OF FOOD AID IN EMERGENCIES AND MORE GREENWASHING?
Among the issues to be discussed at CCFL is a proposal for new work from the USA calling for flexibility and exemptions for the labelling of food aid. We will be opposing this. Governments have the sovereign right to adopt...
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GETTING READY FOR 78TH WHA 2025: DIGITAL MARKETING AND NUTRITION TARGETS
IBFAN is supporting Brazil’s Zero Draft Resolution on Digital Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes that we hope will be adopted with no weakening at the 78th World Health Assembly next May.
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EU AND SWITZERLAND TRY TO TACKLE SWEETNESS – THE UK WARY OF ‘PROBIOTIC’ CLAIMS, CODEX STARTS NEW WORK ON BABY FOODS
The (CCNFSDU44) 44th Codex Nutrition Committee meeting began with testing a new draft prioritising system where Codex members and observers were asked to assess and score the impact new standards might have, not only on trade, but on global public health and...
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State of Maternity Protection in 97 countries
An increasing number of women are entering the job market and they need maternity protection to make a balance between their productive and reproductive roles to take care of themselves, their children and their families.
READ MOREIBFAN Position Paper on Maternity Protection at Work
This paper presents IBFAN’s position on maternity protection at work and the tools for advocacy needed to increase the implementation of measures that enable mothers to participate as equals in the workplace while exercising their reproductive rights to breastfeed.
READ MOREBreastfeeding after returning to work or study
Many women find ways to continue breastfeeding their baby. Employers and course providers have certain obligations towards breastfeeding women to support your return to work or study.
READ MORE100 years of maternity protection
100 years ago, the ILO adopted the first-ever international standard on maternity protection. Since that Convention, the definition of maternity protection has expanded and its importance has become more widely appreciated – including as an essential element in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of good health, gender equality, decent work and economic growth. But, despite this progress, many mothers and mothers-to-be still face serious challenges in the workplace.
VIDEO ‘100 years of maternity protection’, from the channel International Labour Organization, published on YouTube on 8/11/2019.
The IBFAN network is a global coalition formed by nearly 200 citizen groups in over 100 countries
Learn more about the IBFAN network in various parts of the world. Access the following websites or social networks, and soon we will have more links here:
