Women's
Health Action Trust
A core business
of Women's Health Action is to support, promote and protect breastfeeding.
We have two breastfeeding advocates working in the Auckland area.
Annually we organise a national media campaign to highlight World Breastfeeding
Week.
A special area of interest is advocating for breastfeeding friendly
workplaces.
- Code Watch: 25 Years of Protecting Breastfeeding - June 2006
- World Breastfeeding Week 2006 - new information here - June 2006
- Enterobacter Sakazakii notifiable - WHW September 2005
- Well Done New Zealand - New Zealand Breastfeeding Record - WHW September 2005
- Breastfeeding mothers stress less - WHW September 2005
- Breast is best start to avoid teletubbies - WHW September 2005
- Breastfeeding and Family Foods: Loving and Healthy - World Breastfeeding Week 2005
- Marketers, Ministries and consumers: The long struggle with the artificial baby milk industry - WHW May 2005
- Breastfeeding petition - August 2004
- World breastfeeding week 2004 - WHU June 2004
- Formula companies stymie US government breastfeeding campaign - WHW April 2004
- Winning ways with images of breastfeeding -WHU Vol7 no4 - January 04
- A small world after all - WHU Vol7 no3 - Oct 2003
- Whai U Poster launch - WHU Vol7 no3 - Oct 2003
- Free breastfeeding information packets available in other languages
- New breastfeeding advocate appointed - WHU Vol7 no1 - Apr 2003
Louise James, Breastfeeding Advocate, Women's Health Action, email: louise@womens-health.org.nz
The petition to
request action by parliament to protect the rights of breastfeeding
women and children that was circulated around New Zealand by Liz Weatherly
has closed.
“The Health Committee with Steve Chadwick as chair has finished
looking into the complaint and has come up with two recommendations
for parliament. They are:
1 We recommend to the Government that it explore legislation options
for protecting an infant’s right to receive nutrition, for example
through amending the Human Rights Act 1993.
2 We recommend to the Government that it explore legislation options
for protecting breastfeeding in public places, for example through amending
the Human Rights Act 1993.
If you would like to read the whole report a 5 page document it can
be found at:
http://www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz/Content/SelectCommitteeReports/hepet02139.pdf
In August 2005 the cabinet’s response was not to follow the recommendations
by the Health Select Committee. Therefore the development for legislation
to protect breastfeeding was dropped.
Free
breastfeeding information sheets available in other languages - from
4woman.gov
These information
sheets are available on-line.
They may also be reproduced as needed.
Please share these links with your friends and family members who are
breastfeeding or interested in breastfeeding.
Spanish: www.4woman.gov/Breastfeeding/Spanish/sp-breastfeeding.pdf
Chinese: www.4woman.gov/Breastfeeding/bf-chinese.pdf
English: www.4woman.gov/Breastfeeding/Breastfeeding.pdf
