WABA was honoured by the visit of Dr. Shin Young-Soo, WHO Regional Director of the Western Pacific on 4th November 2015 at its Secretariat in Penang.
WHO visits WABA
Celebrating A Breastfeeding Hero, A Courageous Whistle Blower – Syed Aamir Raza Of Pakistan And The Film “tigers” Made By Oscar Award Winning Filmmaker, Danis Tanovic.
Speech by Dato’ (Dr.) Anwar Fazal, Chairperson Emeritus of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) at the launch of the film, “Tigers” in conjunction with the 11th One Asia Breastfeeding Conference held in Putrajaya, Malaysia on Monday, 2nd November 2015..
Peoples’ Nutrition Is Not a Business
WATCH 2015 is LAUNCHED! On the occasion of World Food Day the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action joins the Right to Food and Nutrition consortium to resist the ‘corporate capture’ of nutrition. The Right to Food and Nutrition Watch, a…
Ethnographies of Breastfeeding
Ethnographies of Breastfeeding feature the latest research on the topic. Some of the leading scholars in the field explore variations in breastfeeding practices from around the world. Based on empirical work in areas such as Brazil, West Africa, Darfur, Ireland, Italy,…
Congratulations to winner of WBW 2015 photo contest!
We are pleased to announce the winners for World Breastfeeding Week 2015 photo contest. To view the winners photo, please visit World Breastfeeding Week Website.
WABA Celebrates International Labour Day 2015
Labour rights are women’s rights too! On the occasion of the International Labour Day 2015, WABA restates the importance of upholding the rights of women workers. In the year 2000, Convention 183 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) called for…
Joint Statement in celebration of World Health Day
Food Safety The 2015 World Health Day (WHD) theme is “Food Safety.” From the World Health Organisation (WHO). Providing safe food for our children is imperative, and the simple act of breastfeeding provides a safe, clean, nourishing, and protective source…
Support Women’s Right to Breastfeed!
8 March 2015 – WABA celebrates International Women’s Day 2015: commemorating 20 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Discussions on this historic roadmap (which set the agenda for realizing women’s rights, signed by 189 governments in 1995)…
Getting to Zero: Maximising Infant HIV-free Survival through Breastfeeding
The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) celebrates World AIDS Day on 1 December each year with colleagues and friends to bring attention to the global AIDS epidemic and emphasise the critical need for a committed, meaningful and sustained response.…
WABA celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Anwar Fazal, Chairperson Emeritus of WABA, stresses that “Breastfeeding is not just good health and good nutrition. It is good economics and good ecological practice. It is about food security and it is about human rights.” In conjunction with the…