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Chris Mulford <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 11 May 2006 19:28:36 -0400
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 Dear Royce and All,

Thank you, Royce, for your hard work getting the drawing up where we can see
it.

I want to put in my two cents here, though, to point out that breastfeeding
involves two people, and indeed more than that when you include the support
system. I feel strongly that any international symbol (if we decide that one
is needed) must show more than a baby's face, a breast, and a headless
woman. We would lose credibility with many potential allies if we made this
all about the baby and neglected the woman behind the breast.

There are lots of good logos/symbols that show breastfeeding women & babies.
Go to the LLLI website links page and you can see many of them by clicking
on the links.

http://www.lalecheleague.org/links.html

I think my favorite is INFACT's. Although only the baby's head shows, you
can blame that on the angle we're looking from; it isn't cut out of the
picture.

I also like Baby Friendly USA, LLLI, LINKAGES, and IBFAN, but INFACT's seems
to have reduced mother and baby to a set of simple geometrical shapes, so
it's more like the universal symbols you see on traffic signs and in
airports. 

Let's keep talking.
Chris

Chris Mulford, RN, IBCLC
LLL Leader Reserve
working for WIC in South Jersey (Eastern USA)
Co-coordinator, Women & Work Task Force, WABA
 
 

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