IBFAN has worked since its founding in 1979 to ensure optimal feeding for infants and young children, citizens who are most vulnerable to food safety hazards. For babies who are not breastfed, the contamination of commercial...
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IBFAN has worked since its founding in 1979 to ensure optimal feeding for infants and young children, citizens who are most vulnerable to food safety hazards. For babies who are not breastfed, the contamination of commercial...
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IBFAN, the global network that has helped governments stop harmful marketing of baby feeding products for the last 40 years, attended the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) in May. With so many difficult political issues on the Assembly...
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In late May, the Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection (Idec) filed a Public Civil Action (ACP) against Nestlé Brasil, Mead Johnson Brasil and Danone, asking for accountability for cross-promotion. The companies maintain similarities between the packaging...
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1.-Infants and young children everywhere to have the right to the highest attainable standard of health.
2.- Families, and in particular women and children, to have the right to access adequate and nutritious food and sufficient and affordable water.
3.-Women have the right to breastfeed and to make informed decisions about infant and young child feeding.
4.-Women have the right to full support to breastfeed for two years or more and to exclusively breastfeed for the first six months.
5.-All people have the right to access quality health care services and information free of commercial influence.
6.-Health workers and consumers have the right to be protected from commercial influence which may distort their judgement and decisions.
7.-People have the right to advocate for change which protects, promotes and supports basic health, in international solidarity.
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…..
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.
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. 
