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A Conference on ‘Expansion of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative to Neonatal Wards (Neo-BFHI)’ is taking place 19-20 May 2015 in Uppsala, Sweden

he conference and workshops are organized by the Nordic and Quebec Neo-BFHI Working Group to support, promote and protect breastfeeding of preterm, low birth weight and sick infants requiring neonatal intensive/special care around the world. The Conference Purpose? To prepare…

DISAPPOINTING OUTCOMES OF NEGOTIATIONS ON NUTRITION STATEMENT BY CSO DELEGATION TO THE OPEN ENDED WORKING GROUP OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUTRITION 2

Governments met in the FAO Headquarters in Rome from 10-12 October to finalize the Rome Political Declaration and the Framework for Action for the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2). After 22 years, civil society organizations (CSOs) were expecting significant…

10 Years of the Right to Adequate Food Guidelines – Progress, Obstacles and the Way Ahead Civil Society Synthesis Paper for the 41st Session of the UN Committee on World Food Security

This paper is a product of a broad civil society consultation process, facilitated by the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition, with the political support of the member organizations of the Civil Society Mechanism to the Committee…

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