Archive for June, 2007

Parliament breastfeeding push (Daily Telegraph)

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

A MALE MP is trying to make Federal Parliament more “female-friendly” by allowing new mothers to breastfeed infants without being interrupted.

Oledan: More than controversy (Sun Star)

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

THE controversial Milk Code proposal seeks to compel parents and hospitals to feed newborn infants (0-6 months) nothing but breastmilk.

Hope for Kalchini tea workers (NDTV)

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

After months of neglect, there’s finally some hope in Kalchini tea estate of North Bengal. NDTV met Mangri Urao, a tribal woman fighting TB and severe anaemia, unable to breastfeed her child.

News Categories (Yemen Observer)

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

At any given moment, nearly 16 percent of women in Yemen are pregnant, according to the latest survey of health matters by the Ministry of Health.

Express yourself (Salon.com)

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Thanks, in part, to Broadsheet readers, New York women are one step closer to being able to pump milk at work.

Magazine shows German chancellor breastfeeding Polish leaders (USA Today)

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

The cover of this week’s edition of Wprost, a Polish magazine, includes a controversial photo illustration that shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel breastfeeding the twin brothers who run Poland. The image, described as a photo montage, includes a headline that…

‘Breastfeeding in public is OK’ (Wakefield Today)

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

WAKEFIELD folk support breastfeeding in public, according to a survey carried out with 200 local residents.

Local moms try to beat national breastfeeding record (9 News Denver)

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

DENVER – Dozens of moms came together Sunday in an attempt to break a national record and raise awareness about breastfeeding.

German fury over Merkel ‘breastfeeding’ image (Times Online)

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

A mocking magazine cover supposedly showing Angela Merkel breast-feeding the twin leaders of Poland has enraged Germany and further curdled the relationship between Warsaw and Berlin.

Letters (Times of Malta)

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

‘Mothering room’ at airport – Charles Kemp, Chichester, UK. Last summer a lady wrote a letter to a newspaper in Malta, pointing out the lack of breastfeeding facilities at Malta International Airport. As a parent who is keen that such…