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01 January 2016

Joint Statement on Breastfeeding and Human Rights

Joint statement by the UN Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food, Right to Health, the Working Group on Discrimination against Women in law and in practice, and the Committee on the Rights of the Child in support of increased efforts to promote, support and protect breastfeeding.   Organization OHCHR Publication date 2016 Language English Joint Statement on Breastfeeding and Human Rights
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01 January 2017

Breastfeeding and the Convention on the Rights of the Child

This is a report on Breastfeeding-Related recommendations from the 76th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.   Organization IBFAN Publication date 2017 Language English Breastfeeding and the Convention on the Rights of the Child
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16 August 2024

Countering Industry Arguments Against Code Implementation: Evidence and Rights-Based Responses

This resource for policymakers and breastfeeding advocates presents the 36 most common arguments the baby food industry uses to oppose Code legislation, alongside responses and counter-arguments based in scientific evidence and international human rights law.When countries begin to implement Code legislation, baby...
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13 February 2025

The model law for protection of breastfeeding in South Asia

This tool, developed together with the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia, is designed to support all countries working to strengthen their national Code measures by assisting advocates and national authorities in finding appropriate legal language to correct weaknesses and loopholes in regulatory measures. The...
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02 December 2024

Regulating Digital Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes

Digital marketing has become the dominant form of promoting formula throughout the world, yet fewer than 20% of countries explicitly prohibit promotion of breast-milk substitutes on digital platforms such as social media and websites. This brief outlines 10 key guidance recommendations from WHO, designed to suppor...
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03 June 2024

Advocacy Brief

International labour standards for maternity protection have existed for over a century, yet half a billion women around the globe still lack essential maternity protections. This advocacy brief summarizes the status of maternity protections worldwide in the areas of maternity leave, mandated workplace nursing fac...
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22 May 2024

Marketing of breast-milk substitutes National implementation of the International Code

This report provides updated information on the status of implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (BMS) and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions (collectively referred to as “the Code”) in countries.It presents the legal status if the Code, including ...
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10 March 2022

Effective Regulatory Frameworks for Ending Inappropriate Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes

This Policy Brief is intended to guide Member States in the WHO European Region as they embark on the vital task of safeguarding parents and caregivers from all forms of promotion of breastmilk substitutes (‎BMS)‎ and the inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young children (‎FIYC)‎. This policy brief p...
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24 May 2021

Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit

See the full report Report 16 August 2024 Countering Industry Arguments Against Code Implementation: Evidence and Rights-Based Responses This resource for policymakers and breastfeeding advocates presents the 36 most common arguments the baby food industry uses to oppose Code legislation, alongside responses and counter-arguments based in scientific evidence and international human rights law.When countries begin to implement Code legislation, ba...
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22 July 2020

Key advocacy messages on breastfeeding and COVID-19

Breastfeeding saves lives. Research shows that, by increasing breastfeeding rates, we could save the lives of more than 820,000 children worldwide every year. Breast milk provides antibodies that give babies everywhere a healthy boost and protect them against many infections. Antibodies and bio-active factors in b...
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13 July 2021

Building Better Breastfeeding Counselling Programmes: New tools for implementation

Grainne Moloney is a Senior Advisor at the UNICEF HQ in New York and leads the unit on Early Childhood Nutrition which includes breastfeeding, complementary feeding and prevention and treatment of micronutrients deficiencies in the 0-5years age group. Previously Grainne worked in the UNICEF East and Southern Africa regional office on prevention and treatment of wasting, and nutrition in emergencies. Prior to that she served as the Chief of the Nu...
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11 August 2021

Operational Guidance on Breastfeeding Counselling in Emergencies

This Operational Guidance on Breastfeeding Counselling in Emergencies (OG-BFC/E) is a pragmatic guide which covers key considerations and potential adaptations when applying WHO’s 2018 guidelines in an emergency setting. This guidance is intended to be used by policymakers and other decision makers and programmers...
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