This contribution seeks to provide information and recommendations about the right to adequate food and nutrition of adolescents and related rights
WABA responds to UN Secretary-General’s call to Civil Society on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Comment of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action to the UN Secretary General’s Sustainable Development Report The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), its Core Partners and allies believe that breastfeeding promotes and protects the physical and emotional health and…
New EU rules will trick parents into buying expensive and unnecessary products that will fuel the obesity crisis
Health advocates from across Europe have decried new rules on baby formulas and foods that are being forced through by the European Commission with no time for proper consultation and expert reflection. The EU Commission claims that its proposals are…
Working together for breastfeeding success – joint online conference
The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) and iLactation’s “Working together for breastfeeding success” joint online conference consists of selection of presentations from the ABM 19th annual meeting, recorded in Cleveland Ohio in November 2014 and selected presentations from What Every…
2 Updates from Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)
ABM is doing its first Joint Online Breastfeeding Conference with iLactation featuring sessions from the 19th Annual Meeting and special presentations from WEPNK (What Every Physician Needs to Know About Breastfeeding). ABM members receive a special discount – log in…
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…
Formula feeding is the formula for disaster for the environment, say experts!
Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI)/IBFAN ASIA announce their latest publication “Formula for Disaster: weighing the impact of formula feeding Vs breastfeeding on environment” which is out now. The path breaking publication aims to raise awareness of the positive impact…
Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies
Infants and young children are vulnerable in any emergency. It is the position of the International Lactation Consultant Association that supporting their wellbeing should be a priority of governments, aid agencies, health workers, and members of the public. Such support…
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…