human rights

50 Reasons for Breastfeeding Anytime, Anywhere

May 14, 2010




Once again, there has been an incident where someone went up to a breastfeeding mother and told her she had to cover up or leave. Once again, the media feels to need to create a breeding ground for ignorance by asking questions like “should there be any restrictions on breastfeeding in public?” The answer to [...]

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Friendly skies? Not always for breastfeeding mothers

August 16, 2008




A while ago I wrote a post called when breastfeeding is a safety hazard as a reaction to what I thought was a ridiculous clause in an airline policy. I’ve been thinking a lot more about breastfeeding on airplanes since then and enjoyed the conversation that we all had about the issue in the comments [...]

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Despite a breastfeeding rate of over 90%, there is still work to be done educating people

July 13, 2008




In Ontario, more than 90% of babies are breastfed and human rights legislation protects their right to breastfeed anytime, anywhere. However, there is still a lot of work to be done in educating the public and service providers about the rights of breastfed babies and breastfeeding mothers. From the Guelph Examiner: “We were just sitting [...]

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