The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of individuals
& organisations concerned with the protection, promotion & support of breastfeeding worldwide.
WABA action is based on the Innocenti Declaration, the Ten Links for Nurturing the Future and the
Global Strategy for Infant & Young Child Feeding. WABA is in consultative status with UNICEF & an NGO
in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC).
  
WABA
Breastfeeding Women and Work:  
from Human Rights to Creative Solutions  
WABA International Workshop 

 Day 1, Monday, June 1 
(Afternoon) 

Keynote speeches (Morning) 

Women and Work: History and Development 
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Marianita Villariba, ISIS 

Children's Rights to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health 
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David Clark, UNICEF NY 

Session 1A (Afternoon) 

Human Rights & Long-term Solutions 
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Ted Greiner, Uppsala University, Sweden 

Principles of Mother-Friendly Workplaces  
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Penny Van Esterik, York University, Canada 

Session 1B  

Sharing our vision and mission 
Case Studies Presentation  

GINAN (Ghana market women)  
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Charlotte Acquah 


UNICEF Child-Friendly Movement (UNICEF Manila)  
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Meera Shekar, UNICEF Manila 

Day 2, Tuesday, June 2 

 

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