From January 14 to February 1, 2019, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 80th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in...
The 144th Session of WHO’s Executive Board was held in Geneva from the 24th of January to the 1st of February 2019. A delegation from IBFAN attended the meeting and delivered statements on several agenda items. In fact, even...
On November 16, 2018, IBFAN Italy organized a conference to officially present the 2018 report on the violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes in Italy: Il Codice Violato. Speakers represented IBFAN Italy, the Italian Movement...
La 79ème séance du Comité des Droits de l’Enfant s’est tenue à Genève le 24 septembre 2018. En prélude à cette rencontre, IBFAN GIFA avait soumis aux membres du comité un document récapitulatif sur la base du dernier rapport...
From September 17 to October 5, 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 79th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in...
Nous promouvons, protégeons et soutenons l’allaitement depuis maintenant 39 ans ce mois- ci ! Bon Anniversaire IBFAN et GIFA ! Qui dit gâteau dit aussi surprise : le calendrier IBFAN 2019 (à partir duquel la photo ci-dessous a été prise) est maintenant...
Despite IBFAN’s November 2017 Call to Action, Meridian Institute (MI) convened the Frankfurt meeting, a step in a process towards the initiative originally called Global Monitoring Mechanism (GMM). In analyzing the information contained in the report from the meeting,...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Sous le Haut Patronage du Ministre de la Santé du Burkina Faso, IBFAN GIFA et IBFAN Afrique ont coordonné avec succès un cours de formation sur le suivi du Code International de Commercialisation des Substituts du...
Comme chaque année, la Suisse célèbre la Semaine Mondiale de l’Allaitement Maternel (SMAM) au mois de septembre. A Genève, grâce à l’initiative des consultantes en lactation de la maternité des HUG (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève), trois actions phares sont organisées...
Breastfeeding – A matter of human rights is the title of a new interesting presentation developed by IBFAN-GIFA, with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, on this important connection that is too often forgotten. The presentation is...
From May 14 to June 1, 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 78th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in...
The 71st World Health Assembly, 21-26 May 2018, closed its session leaving nutrition advocates with mixed feelings about the finally adopted Resolution on infant and young child feeding. IBFAN attended the WHA71 with a large team, including representatives from...
Ever since public-private partnerships (PPPs) have been hailed as a key policy model, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been promising to upgrade its conflict of interest measures to ensure its mandate is not jeopardized by overly close relationships...
From January 15 to February 2, 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 77th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee met delegations from 8 countries in order to evaluate their progress in the...
A very dense agenda characterised the 142nd Session of the Executive Board of WHO, last 22-27 January 2018. IBFAN participated actively in the Session, presenting its concerns to the EB members and to the non-EB Member States delegations. Breastfeeding...
The global recall of Lactalis formula has now reached 83 countries. Nobody could have imagined such a massive impact.. nobody at the French government at least, considering how long it took them to take a decision on the global recall....
In the first week of December, breastfeeding advocates from 8 countries participated in the third round of trainings on the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative and World Breastfeeding Costing Initiative, organised by BPNI/IBFAN Asia. The group met in Vilnius, Lithuania,...
Villeneuve d’Ascq, France, 17 November 2017. On the occasion of the French National Breastfeeding Day – la Journée Nationale de l’Allaitement 2017, GIFA was invited to give a comprehensive presentation on the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes...
On November 22-23, 2017, a Special Session of WHO’s Executive Board took place in Geneva, after the closing of the open consultations on the draft Concept Note and draft thirteen General Programme of Work, setting WHO’s targets and priorities...
Le groupe central sur l’alimentation du nourrisson dans les situations d’urgence (IFE) a récemment finalisé la 3e version du Guide opérationnel pour le personnel des secours d’urgence et les gestionnaires de programmes, mis à jour en octobre 2017. IBFAN...
A few years ago, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) turned its attention towards infant and young child feeding, a badly underfunded and neglected area of public health and nutrition. As traditional government donors pay little attention to...
From September 11 to 29, 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 76th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee reviewed the progress of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the...
On October 19, the launch of the 10th anniversary issue of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch took place at Palais des Nations, in Geneva. Coordinated by FIAN International, co-organized by IBFAN and other CSOs and social movements,...
Get a copy of the new IBFAN Calendar 2018! For more information on shipping and cost details, please contact Mme Chatelus: laurence.chatelus@gifa.org
The Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with respect to human rights will meet for the 3rd time, from 23 to 27 October at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva. The IGWG had published earlier...
Released last August, the General Comment No. 24 (2017) adopted by the CESCR Committee provided an important clarification on State Obligations in reaction to the growing impact of business activities on the enjoyment of specific Covenant rights. After the Statement...
On September 2017, IBFAN-ICDC launched its 11th Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2017 Global monitoring report. The BTR 2017 is a compilation of marketing practices from around the world that violate the International Code, covering the past 3 years....
The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 25th World Breastfeeding Week from the 1st to 7th August 2017. This year’s theme is “Sustaining Breastfeeding: Building Alliances without Conflicts of Interest”...
From May 15 to June 2, 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child held its 75th Session in Geneva, while the 61st Session of the Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was held between May 29 and...
In May 2017, delegates from IBFAN-GIFA, Baby Milk Action/IBFAN UK and FIAN International advocated under IBFAN accreditation for increased corporate accountability and effective safeguards against the undue corporate influence in global health governance at the 70th World Health Assembly...
