Will the Food Systems Summit protect human rights and breastfeeding – part of the first food system? Program With every day yet more news of climate and food crises, loss of biodiversity, mass extinction of species, rising social inequalities, conflicts…
World Breastfeeding Week 1-7th August
World Breastfeeding Week 1-7 August,2021 Protecting breastfeeding – where lies the responsibility? World Breastfeeding week (WBW) is organised by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) in 1-7th August. (WBW is celebrated in October in Europe.) IBFAN and partners will…
Join the civil society opposition the UN Food Systems Summit
Hundreds of grassroots organizations to oppose the UN Food Systems Summit Civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations launch a global counter-mobilization against the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit from 25 to 28 July 2021 in Rome and online. Rome, Italy. 19…
Stop Ecocide amendment submitted to the UK Environment Bill
Baroness (Natalie) Bennett of Manor Castle, former leader of the UK Green Party, has submitted an ecocide amendment to the Environment Bill currently making its way through the House of Lords (the UK’s upper chamber). Stop Ecocide International, co-founded in…
Grassroots organizations oppose the UN Food Systems Summit
Grassroots organizations oppose the UN Food Systems Summit Rome, Italy. July 2021. “At a time when poverty rates, economic disparity, conflicts and hunger are rising, the Food Systems Summit and the N4G promote short term treatment models, with little attempt…
UK decision to slash foreign aid paves the way for private cash
The decision by the UK Government to slash foreign aid is being widely criticised as penny-pinching. We believe this misses the point. Surely the decision is not about saving cash at all, but part of a deliberate strategy to let…
Please help ensure an end to misleading promotion of risky, ultra-processed baby drinks.
The Deadline for the next round of Codex comments covering Drinks for young children (12-36 months) was 30th June.. The next and possibly final online nutrition meeting where a decision will be taken will be November. Click here for…