International Women’s Day 2017 Joint statement by WABA, Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) and Center for Women’s Health and Wellness, University of North Carolina The world of work is changing, with significant changes for women. The…
In 1990, a group of policy and decision-makers, advocates and activists came together and produced a framework to protect, promote and support breastfeeding – the Innocenti Declaration 1990. The Declaration called on all governments to create an enabling environment for…
We send you our best wishes for the New Year! 2016 was an exciting year for WABA. We celebrated our Silver Anniversary, marking 25 years of working to protect, promote and support breastfeeding. The occasion also gave us a chance…
Hands Up for Prevention WABA celebrates World AIDS Day on 1 December. We join the “Hands Up Campaign”1 to support early testing, diagnosis and treatment of all people living with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) in order to maximise prevention of both horizontal…
Dear IBFAN Global Council members and all our IBFAN colleagues, WABA congratulates the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) on its’ 37th Anniversary, on 12 October 2016. IBFAN and WABA both work on improving breastfeeding rates worldwide through the protection,…
Obituary and tributes.
“Miriam has dedicated her career to enabling women and children to attain optimal health through breastfeeding,” said Alison Stuebe, MD, Distinguished Scholar of Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Gillings School’s Department of Maternal and Child Health. “She is…
– visionary physician and teacher “She also carried with her a sense of humour and I will never forget how at one of the global conferences she was introduced as an illustrious paediatrician, professor and advocate …and up came to…
Fathers are increasingly rejecting their stereotyped role of just being a breadwinner. Many fathers actively take on care responsibilities. They know that this is the right thing to do and that being engaged in care brings other benefits, to them…
WABA team will be setting up an exhibiting booth at the Women Deliver Conference which will be held in Copenhagen from 16–19 May 2016. Please come to visit us at our booth and meet WABA team. More information on Women…