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).
  
 
 		  

Breastfeeding: It's Your Right! 

Resources 

Action folders of previous WBWs: 

(For a revised copy of the 1992 action folder on the Baby Friendly  
Hospital Initiative, write to the WABA Secretariat) 

Where can I get more information? 

WABA Secretariat 
PO Box 1200, 10850 Penang, Malaysia.  
Tel: 60-4-658 4816 . Fax: 60-4-657 2655 
E-mail: waba@waba.org.my 

IBFAN-GIFA 
CP 157, CH 1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland 
Tel: 41-22-798 9164 . Fax: 41-22-798 4443  
Email: philipec@iprolink.ch . www.gn.apc.org/ibfan 

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 
Palais Wilson, Rue de Paquis 52, CH 1200 Geneva, Switzerland. 
Tel: 41-22-917 9000 
E-mail: webadmin.hchr@unog.ch 
www.unhchr.ch 

International Labour Office, Conditions of Work Branch 
4 route des Morillons, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland. 
Tel: 41-22-799 7955 . Fax: 41-22-799 8451  
E-mail: dy@ilo.org 
www.ilo.org 

Convention on the Rights of the Child NGO Liaison Office 
Ms. Laura Theytaz-Bergman 
c/o Defence For Children International 
P.O. Box 88, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland 
Tel: 41 22 740 4730 . Fax: 42 44 740 1145 
E-mail: dci-ngo.group@pingnet.ch 

UNICEF New York, Legal Officer, Nutrition Section, 
 3 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017 
 E-mail: dclark@unicef.org . www.unicef.org 

World Alliance for Nutrition and Human Rights (WANAHR) 
 c/o Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, Universitetsgaten 
 22-24 0142 Oslo, Norway . Tel: 47-22-842 004 
 Fax: 47-22-842 002 . E-mail: wanahr@nihr.uio.no 

International Maternal & Child Health (IMCH) 
 Department of Women's & Children's Health, Entrance 11 
 Uppsala University, S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. 
 Tel: 46-18-511 598 / 665 935 . Fax: 46-18-508 013 
 E-mail: ted.greiner@ich.uu.se . www.ich.uu.se 

You can find out whether your country has ratified the following international agreements from the following websites: 

 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

This Action Folder was written by Ted Greiner based in part on the brochure Every Woman's Right to Breastfeed prepared by WABA with technical support from UNICEF. Many thanks to the review panel: George Kent, IBFAN-GIFA, Michael Latham, Elisabet Helsing, Denise Arcoverde, Sarah Amin and Susan Siew. Project Design: Susan Siew and Plug Multimedia. Illustrations: Paulo Santos and Liborio Production: Raja Abdul Razak and C-Square Sdn Bhd. Website: Denise Arcoverde 
This project is funded by The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). 

 

 

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