Dear friends,

I am happy to announce that on Saturday, June 3, the ILO Maternity
Protection Committee voted to increase maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks!!!

Take a look at the WABA Website http://www.waba.org.br to learn more about
it and read the following release and statements from ILO Convention, which
had kindly been sent from our friends in Geneva:

* Press release - Hard Bargaining at ILO (June 5, 2000)
  The Global Coalition for Maternity Protection.

* Why should you support increased duration of maternity leave and
  breastfeeding breaks?  (June 5, 2000)
  NGO panel Maternity Protection - Dr. Arun Gupta

* Truly, history had been made... Letter from Geneva (June 5, 2000)

* The Global Coalition for Maternity Protection Statement.

* Statement by UNICEF to the Committee on Maternity Protection.

* World Health Organisation Statement to the International Labour Conference.

* Intervention by the International Women Count Network to the Maternity
Protection     Convention Committee.

* Chris Mulford's Intervention at the NGO Panel - Response from the floor
to NGO Panel     presented during ILO Maternity Protection Committee session.

* NGO Intervention for ILO Maternity Protection Committee Meeting,
  Presented by Amal Omer-Salim for the Maternity Protection Coalition

The WABA Website will be updated always when we get some news from Geneva
(hopefully daily!)! So, keep your eyes opened and visit us once a while!

Hugs,


Denise Arcoverde
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