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UN expert on food reiterates the importance of protecting breastfeeding against undue marketing, and calls for adequate safeguards to protect public policymaking from corporate influence

In August 2016, the Special Rapporteur on the right fo food, Ms Hilal Elver, presented her annual report to the General Assembly. The International Baby Food Action Network welcomes this comprehensive report which addresses the major underlying factors affecting nutrition, including...

New CEDAW General Recommendation on Rural Women urges States to take specific measures to protect, promote and support breastfeeding

Following IBFAN-GIFA’s joint advocacy with other public interest NGOs and social movements, the Committee on the Elimination of all Discrimination against Women has released its new General Recommendation No 34 on Rural Women which, among other recommendations, urges countries to take specific measures...