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Let's Make Breastfeeding Work

The Global Breastfeeding Collective hosted a webinar titled "Let's Make Breastfeeding Work" on Thursday, August 3, 2023 to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week.

Let's Make Breastfeeding Work

Spanish (Español)         French (Français)         Chinese (中文)      Russian (русский)        Arabic (عربى)

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About the Webinar

This informative session explored how maternity leave and workplace accommodations serve as critical features of environments that enable breastfeeding. The webinar featured:

  • Personal stories from mothers about their experiences combining work and breastfeeding
  • Case studies from countries implementing evidence-based policies to support breastfeeding
  • Presentation on updated maternity leave recommendations
  • Resources to support your advocacy efforts

Resources

The presentation slides and additional resources mentioned during the webinar are available for download below:

Languages

The recording includes interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian & Spanish.

The Global Breastfeeding Collective is a partnership of more than 20 prominent international agencies, including the World Health Organization and UNICEF, calling on donors, policymakers, philanthropists and civil society to increase investment in breastfeeding worldwide.

Mothers share their stories

Advocacy Resources

Working Parents, Maternity Leave, and Workplace Support
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Breastfeeding support in the workplace

This document provides recommendations that aim to help employers establish breastfeeding rooms and supportive workplace environments.

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Call to Action

We believe in a world in which all mothers have the technical, financial, emotional and public support they need to start and continue to breastfeed.

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Maternity leave legislation in support of breastfeeding

A collection of selected country case studies on maternity leave legislation in support of breastfeeding

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Advocacy guidance brief: Workplace policies

This is the Collective's Advocacy Guidance Brief for enacting paid leave and workplace breastfeeding policies.

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Parents at Work Advocacy Tool

A chart outlining family leave and parental workplace protections by country, including paid and other leaves and breastfeeding breaks.

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Breastfeeding and family-friendly policies

Maternity leave is critical to enabling exclusive and continued breastfeeding. Time, resources and protective policies are crucial to support breastfeeding.

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Advocacy guidance brief: Funding

This is the Collective's Advocacy Guidance Brief on increasing investment in programmes and policies that protect, promote, and support breastfeeding.

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Advocacy guidance brief: Monitoring progress

This is the Collective's Advocacy Guidance Brief on the monitoring the progress of breastfeeding practices, policies, programmes, and funding.

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Business Case for Breastfeeding

A comprehensive program designed to educate employers about the value of supporting breastfeeding employees in the workplace.

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Maternity protections in Nigeria

A policy brief outlining advocacy activities to increase paid leave for mothers in Nigeria.

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Breastfeeding and gender equality

Supporting women to breastfeed is everyone’s responsibility. Breastfeeding programmes can support gender equality and foster women’s empowerment.

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Breastfeeding for Working Mothers

This video was designed and produced for UNICEF by Global Health Media Project.

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Maternity protection at work: It matters to everyone (video)

This short video introduces guidance from the ILO to strengthen and extend maternity protection to all women in all types of economic activity.

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Let’s make it work!: Breastfeeding in the workplace

This document presents accomplishments in C4D for promoting breastfeeding support in the workplace.

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Model Maternity Policy Supportive of Breastfeeding

The purpose of this protocol is to offer a ‘‘Model Maternity Policy Supportive of Breastfeeding,’’ which includes an ‘‘Infant Feeding Policy.’’

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Partnering with Women’s Associations to Advocate for...

A brief on partnering with Women’s Associations to Advocate for Stronger Infant and Young Child Feeding Policies and Programs with lessons learned.

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