Denise Arcoverde
Breastfeeding, Women and Work Website
The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), would like to invite
you to visit its new website at http://www.waba.org.br/working.htm and
click the button for "ILO Campaign."
WABA, the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) and other
organizations have formed a coalition to work on strengthening the
breastfeeding rights of working women. The most important normative
documents that influence national laws in support of this right are the
International Labor Organization Convention 103 and Recommendation 95. ILO
is currently revising these and we would like to alert you about this. You
can obtain detailed information on what has happened so far at the first
ILO Conference to deal with these revisions in Geneva in June 1999.
Unfortunately, ministries of health, who these days usually recommend
exclusive breastfeeding for 4, 5, or 6 months, are not being consulted
with in this ILO process. One important contribution in many countries
would be to suggest to ministries of health that they contact the ministry
of labor and call for a formal consultation to harmonize national policy
on this issue. The
coalition hopes to work also at regional and national levels in the coming
years to
encourage this kind of harmonization at least at the level of national
legislation. Let us know also if this is something you would like to work
practically with in your country.
Your country will comment on the latest version to the ILO by November.
The next ILO Convention in June 2000 will vote on the new convention and
recommendation. If you would like to know what you can do in your country
to influence your delegates (government, labor and/or employers), please
read the information in the website first, and then write to
[log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] We look forward to your support!
Ted Greiner, PhD
Coordinator, WABA Research Task Force
Denise Arcoverde
WABA WBW Coordinator
Webmasters of the WABA "Breastfeeding, Women and Work" Website
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Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet,TLC, Indep. Consultant
Williston, Vermont
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