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One Million Campaign - Support Women to Breastfeed

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hoppybird · 29/03/2009 10:51

I don't know if anyone has linked to this website yet - I did a quick search and didn't see it, but this is a summary of what this is about (copied from the website):

"Thousands of babies fell seriously ill in China because the milk they drank was contaminated with melamine. Some even died. These babies were not breastfed because

  • baby milk companies convinced parents that their products were better than breastmilk
  • women lacked adequate support to breastfeed their babies at the work place
  • women lacked correct information about infant feeding

Evidence points out how vital breastfeeding is to infant survival with health. Women are being forced to stop breastfeeding and give their babies infant milk powders because of lack of facilities and support to women to breastfeed and increasing commercial interference in infant feeding.

Potential disasters are waiting to happen across the world.

We?ll deliver our call to world leaders to implement the International Code for Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly Resolutions, ensure breastfeeding friendly workplaces for women at the World Health Assembly in May 2009."

I thought it may be of interest here.

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hoppybird · 29/03/2009 13:46

I should mention that this is a petition to Leaders at the World Health Assembly (in May 2009) to implement the International Code for Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes, and to ensure breastfeeding friendly workplaces for women.

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BouncingTurtle · 29/03/2009 19:21

Signed

myjeansaretootight · 29/03/2009 19:28

Signed

mehdismummy · 29/03/2009 19:36

signed

daisychainXX · 31/03/2009 18:52

signed it too

LadyOfWaffle · 31/03/2009 19:17

.

CharCharGabor · 31/03/2009 20:08

done

stripytroubletrousers · 31/03/2009 21:21

signed

chocbutton · 31/03/2009 21:31

signed

springdaffs · 03/04/2009 17:16

Done
second good deed for the day
Have a look at the "Please don't forget Marnie Pearce! Please help her by signing the petition!!" on the relationship site.
Hope I haven't trangressed any mumsnet code by cross referencing but it seems such a woman rights injustice

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