Overview
As part of the activities to mark World Breastfeeding Week 2019, on Wednesday, 7 August, PAHO will hold the webinar "Protect breastfeeding in the workplace". The event is organized with the objective of discussing the benefits of breastfeeding for mothers and children and presenting country experiences with maternity protection laws for both the formal and informal sectors. We hope this is a space for discussion in which we can renew our commitment, empower parents and enable breastfeeding through maternity protection laws and recommended breastfeeding practices.
- DATE: Wednesday, 7 August, 2019
- TIME: 12:00 pm, EDT (check here the time in your zone)
- VIRTUAL ROOMS
- REGISTRATION LINK: http://eepurl.com/dBYNkD
Agenda
- 12:00 pm - Welcome and Opening Remarks: Adriana Blanco – Unit Chief, Risk Factors and Nutrition, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
- 12:05 pm - Empower Parents and Enable Breastfeeding Through Maternity Protection Laws. Ruben Grajeda – Regional Nutrition Advisor (PAHO/WHO)
- 12:20 pm - Mexico: “Working mothers and breastfeeding. Is it possible to extend maternity leave and protect women working in the informal sector?
Mireya Vilar Compte – Professor in Public Health, EQUIDE Research Institute of Equitable Development, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
- 12:35 pm - Cuba (TBD)
- 12:50 pm - Chile (TBD)
- 1:05 pm - Discussion. Moderator: Betzabe Butron – Regional Advisor on Child Health (PAHO/WHO)
- 1:20 pm - Closing remarks: Ignacio Ibarra (PAHO/WHO)
Time correspondence
- 9:00 - Los Angeles
- 11:00 - Mexico City, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Bogota, Lima, Quito, Kingston
- 12:00 - Bridgetown, La Paz, Santo Domingo, Santiago de Chile
- 13:00 - Brasilia, Buenos Aires
For other cities, get the time using the following link
World Breastfeeding Week 2019: Protect breastfeeding in the workplace
This year´s theme of World Breastfeeding Week, from 1 to 7 of August, is "Protect breastfeeding in the workplace". World Breastfeeding Week is an opportunity for the Pan American Health Organization to call on governments to continue their efforts to strengthen measures to protect, promote, and support the right to breastfeeding. These regulatory measures include the adoption and monitoring of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (the Code) and subsequent relevant resolutions of the World Health Assembly (WHA), implementation of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), implementation of a maternity rights policy compatible with the Maternity Protection Convention and Recommendations of the International Labor Organization (ILO), as well as providing specialized assistance and advice on feeding infants and young children.
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