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 4, Thursday, June 4 

Session 7  

Mother/Baby-Friendly Environments  

I. Creating the Environment 

- Elements of Mother/Baby Friendly Environments  

- Breastfeeding Corners  

- Building/Space Design (Architects, City Planners)  

- Transportation (Toyota)  

II. Case Studies of mother-baby friendly environments  

- Jakarta Airport/ factory workers  

Session 8  

Mother/Baby-Friendly Environments  

I. Support Systems for Working Women  

II. Case Studies of different types of support systems:  

- CONAPLAM, Latin America (indigenous women)  

- SINAN, Swaziland (healers & factory support)  

- LLLI, USA (mother-to-mother and peer group support)  

Male Support  

How can we increase the father's  
involvement in child care? 
Click here to read his paper 

 

Ted Greiner, PhD 

Session 9  

Networking and Tools for Advocacy  

I. Reaching Out 
WABA tools and advocacy materials (Susan Siew overview/facilitator)  

II. Forging New Partnerships  
 

- Trade union leader  

- Representative from a women's organisation  

- An employer  

- Media representative  

Session 10 

Working Groups 

Designing Strategies to Enable Working Women to Breastfeed  

a) Formal sector (facilitated by Alison Linnecar & Ted Greiner)  

b) Non-formal sector (facilitated by Penny Van Esterik and Ines Fernandez) 

Day 5, Thursday, June 5 

 

 

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