Forget the ‘Mommy Wars’ – Breastfeeding Inequality is the Real Issue
Too many heated words and firey tweets are being spent on the breastfeeding ‘mommy war’. It needs to stop. Whether or not a well-educated and well-off mother chooses to breastfeed is not the big issue. The real problem – one impacting tens of thousands of lives – is breastfeeding inequality. Too many mothers are NOT getting […]
U.S. Opposes Global Breastfeeding Resolution
This is not just another example of prioritizing private profit over public health, but rather, yet another infringement upon women’s rights.
The Power of Partnering with a Breastfeeding Mother
What I’ve learnt about the importance of partnerships to make breastfeeding work is that it may take some time but it will always be worth it!
Increased Breastfeeding Could Save Over One Million Lives
A new infographic from Mom Loves Best demonstrates exactly how important breastfeeding is to the overall health of infants, their mothers, and society as a whole.
Real Women’s Experiences of Breastfeeding
To mark World Breastfeeding Week, led by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, we asked women around the world to tell us a little bit about their experience of breastfeeding. We asked them about the partnerships they’d had that mattered most to them, as well as about the ones they wished they’d had but didn’t. Did […]
World Breastfeeding Week 2017 – Sustaining Breastfeeding Together
“Breastfeeding for me was synonymous to giving life” – Felogene, mother, Kenya Breastfeeding is a core part of many new mothers’ lives, and it is an experience that is different for everyone. Yet the benefits of breastfeeding are universal and the barriers to breastfeeding are many, persisting across cultures and communities around the world. Women […]
Sustaining Breastfeeding When Working
Advancements such as improved legislation on parental leave and nursing care, allocation of nursing rooms, breastfeeding breaks and institutional mechanisms for redressing grievances in the workplace are recognising breastfeeding as a woman’s right, but there remains a lot of ground to cover.
Sustaining Breastfeeding for our Environment
The health of our planet is affected by the way babies are fed. We know that breastfeeding has overwhelmingly positive impacts on both mother and child – with long-term health effects that last a lifetime. Yet, safeguarding women’s and children’s right to breastfeeding and providing necessary support for women is also of incredible importance for […]
Breastfeeding for Survival, Health & Wellbeing
Support for breastfeeding mothers is essential. In the light of the overwhelming evidence on the positive impact of breastfeeding on survival, health and well-being, coordinated global action is urgently needed.
Breastfeeding for Nutrition, Food Security & Poverty Reduction
Breastfeeding is a vital part of sustainable development. It has the potential to end malnutrition, ensure food security and contribute to poverty reduction. World Breastfeeding Week takes place from 1 – 7 August 2017 and will focus on the need to work together to sustain breastfeeding.
Traveling to Malaysia & the Global Breastfeeding Partners Forum
I was invited to represent Girls’ Globe at World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action‘s (WABA)Global Breastfeeding Partners Forum (GBPF) in Penang, Malaysia, on quite short notice. To me, this meant that I didn’t have the time to get nervous, nor to actually realize that I was going to the other side of the world with my husband […]
Breastfeeding and the Sustainable Development Goals
Breastfeeding is an essential part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and can be mirrored in not only the most obvious ones – like Zero Hunger and Good Health and Well-being – but in many (if not all) of the other goals. Its impact and benefit for the baby, mother and thus society as a whole […]
