Protecting Breastfeeding in the United States: Time for Action on The Code
Thursday, April 28 & Friday, April 29, 2022
9:00AM – 3:30PM Eastern (GMT-4)
5 E-CERPS plus 4.5 L-CERPs for IBCLCs, 9.5 hours for CLCs and 9.5 professional development continuing education hours for nurses will be available.
Please note that this conference will not be recorded and participants must attend the conference in its entirety to obtain contact hours.
Full Schedule
Thursday, April 28
| 9:00-9:30 | Introduction/Welcome Speakers: Linda Smith, Betty Sterken, Karin Cadwell |
| 9:30-10:00 | History of Infant Feeding Speaker: Karin Cadwell |
| 10:00-10:15 | BREAK |
| 10:15-11:15 | Medical and Social Origins of Breastfeeding Myths Speaker: Jackie Wolf |
| 11:15-12:00 | Focus on the Black Family Speaker: Kimarie Bugg |
| 12:00-1:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:00-1:30 | US Policies and the CODE Speaker: Linda Smith |
| 1:30-2:15 | Regulatory Systems to Protect Breastfeeding – CODEX Speaker: Betty Sterken |
| 2:15-2:30 | BREAK |
| 2:30-3:15 | History of the International Code Speaker: Leah Margulies |
| 3:15-3:30 | Discussion/Wrap up Speakers: Linda Smith, Betty Sterken, Karin Cadwell |
Friday, April 29
| 9:00-9:15 | Introduction/Welcome Speakers: Linda Smith, Betty Sterken, Karin Cadwell |
| 9:15-10:30 | What You Need to Know About the Code: Scope and Main Provisions Speaker: David Clark |
| 10:30-10:45 | BREAK |
| 10:45-11:00 | Code Responsibilities of Professionals Speaker: Linda Smith |
| 11:00-12:00 | WHO Presentation Livestream |
| 12:00-1:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:00-2:00 | Where There is No Code? Challenges/Monitoring/Enforcement Speaker: Betty Sterken and Constance Ching |
| 2:00-2:30 | The New WHO Marketing Findings Speaker: Linda Smith |
| 2:30-2:45 | BREAK |
| 2:45-3:15 | IBFAN Working Around the World to Protect Infant and Young Child Feeding Speaker: Betty Sterken |
| 3:15-3:30 | INFACT Canada/USA & IBFAN North America Discussion/Wrap Up Speakers: Linda Smith, Karin Cadwell, Betty Sterken |
Speakers include:
- Kimarie Bugg
- Karin Cadwell
- David Clark
- Constance Ching
- Leah Margulies
- Linda Smith
- Betty Sterken
- Jackie Wolf
Sponsored by:
INFACT Canada and USA
IBFAN North America
Webinar Speaker Bios:
Elisabeth Sterken is Director of INFACT (Infant Feeding Action Coalition) Canada/IBFAN (International Baby Food Action Network) North America, past chair of the IBFAN Global Council, coordinates the IBFAN Codex Alimentarius Program, and represents IBFAN on the UNICEF/WHO the Global Breastfeeding Collective.
Linda J. Smith is the owner and director of Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre, author of 4 breastfeeding textbooks, and created the International Code Committees of ILCA and La Leche League International. She is a consultant to INFACT Canada/IBFAN North America.
Karin Cadwell is a faculty member of the Healthy Children Project and is serving as convenor of the new organization, Infant Feeding Action Coalition USA.
Kimarie Bugg is President and CEO of Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE), adjunct faculty for Morehouse School of Medicine/Pediatrics, and faculty at Union Institute and University.
David Clark is an international public health and human rights lawyer who spent 25 years as the Legal Specialist with the Nutrition Section, UNICEF, New York.
Constance Ching currently provides technical support in Code advocacy and implementation for Alive & Thrive in the ASEAN region. Prior to that, she worked for IBFAN-ICDC, was involved in capacity building with governments, UN agencies and NGOs on Code implementation and monitoring.
Leah Margulies is a lawyer, founder of Corporate Accountability International (formerly Infact), and the International Nestle Boycott. She set up the legal office of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, UNICEF and was legal staff at the Environment Unit of the UN Centre on Transnational Corporations.
Jacqueline H. Wolf is professor of the history of medicine in the Department of Social Medicine at Ohio University. She specializes in the history of birth and breastfeeding practices in the United States.