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Articles from LEAVEN, La Leche League's Publication for Leaders: BREASTFEEDING ADVOCACY. These articles are about breastfeeding advocacy and how we, as LLL Leaders, can help.

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NABA page
The National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy, Inc. (NABA) is the parent branch and is a 501(c)4 not-for-profit social welfare organization, located ...

Nataional Alliance for Breast-Feeding Advocacy (NABA)
- Dedicated to the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding in the US. Information about their activities, legal issues, news and alerts, and their publications.

Breastfeeding.com: The Nestle Boycott
- Reasons behind the ongoing boycott, and illustrated partial list of Nestlé products.

Militant Breastfeeding Cult
- Support and advocacy, including articles, a gallery, diaries, gifts, an active forum, and a blog.

National Childbirth Trust
- United Kingdom childbirth and breastfeeding advocacy organization with useful resources & support throughout the country.




breastfeeding advocacy News

Society should stay out of Mommy's bra - Greenville News


Society should stay out of Mommy's bra
Greenville News
As chief executive officer of the breastfeeding advocacy organization Julie's Village, I make sure we never use the word “should†in our conversations with expectant moms. This oppressive word is appearing in most of the comments.

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The "Best Hope" for AIDS Vaccine Advocacy - Huffington Post


The "Best Hope" for AIDS Vaccine Advocacy
Huffington Post
These include voluntary medical male circumcision, antiretroviral therapy (ART) -- which dramatically reduces risk of HIV transmission between stable sexual partners -- and prevention of pediatric infection during pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding.

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Are you Mom Enough? Putting parenting choices under the microscope - The Independent (blog)


The Independent (blog)

Are you Mom Enough? Putting parenting choices under the microscope
The Independent (blog)
Some advocates have said that this is brilliant for the promotion of 'Attachment Parenting' (AP; the style of parenting which endorses 'full-term' breastfeeding, co-sleeping and baby-wearing, as part of a philosophy of long-term parent-child proximity ...
Time #3: why does it hurt to look at a woman breastfeeding?The Conversation

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Breast-feeding advocates want Ohio hospitals to stop giving our forumla - WKSU News


WKSU News

Breast-feeding advocates want Ohio hospitals to stop giving our forumla
WKSU News
by WKSU's MARANDA SHREWSBERRY Breastfeeding advocacy groups have launched a campaign to pressure Ohio hospitals to stop handing out baby formula to new mothers. Many hospitals continue to include formula samples in the goodie bags they send home with ...

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Did Time Magazine Go Too Far With Breastfeeding Cover? - CBS Local


TMZ.com

Did Time Magazine Go Too Far With Breastfeeding Cover?
CBS Local
It shows a picture of a California mom breastfeeding her three-year-old boy. It's part of a story about “attachment parenting,†a child rearing philosophy that advocates breastfeeding toddlers, sleeping with children, and toting them in slings.
Breastfeeding Org: We LOVE Time Magazine Cover, Except ...TMZ.com
Breastfeeding Group on Time Cover: Way to Be!The Hollywood Gossip
Extended Breast-Feeding: Is It More Common than We Think?TIME
Chicago Tribune -Sacramento Bee
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Breastfeeding now on SIDS prevention list - The Australian


Breastfeeding now on SIDS prevention list
The Australian
The advocacy and research body Sids and Kids will today announce the advice to "Breastfeed baby if you can" will be added to its list of preventive steps, with recommendations to put babies to sleep on their backs, avoid covering their faces, ...

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