PHM-Exch> Landmark United Nations code to combat violence against women and girls/More Action Needed on Baby Food Marketing

[Claudio Schuftan]

Muslim and Western nations overcame deep divisions to agree on a landmark
United Nations code to combat violence against women and girls.

Iran, Libya, Sudan and other Muslim nations ended threats to block the
declaration and agreed to language stating that vio-lence against women
could not be justified by "any custom, tradition or religious consideration."


Western nations, particularly from Scandinavia, toned down demands for
references to gay rights and sexual health rights to secure the accord
after two weeks of tense nego-tiations between the 193 UN member states.

Some 6,000 non-government groups were in New York for the Commission on the
Status of Women meeting. Cheers and wild applause erupted when the accord
was announced in the UN headquarters late Friday.

For more details:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBQYyVUVaIqO961efFkY48Be058g?docId=CNG.31f0f0079f76f2fc68946263093e0993.41





*More Action Needed on Baby Food Marketing *



 Marketing malpractice of baby foods continues. As a new report from Save
the Children, ‘Superfood for babies*: How overcoming barriers to
breastfeeding will save children’s lives*’, documents, baby food companies
continue to push their products in ways that endanger health. The report
contains on-the-ground re-search; it is essential to look at what companies
actually *do*, rather than just at what they say they do.

Nestlé claims to abide by World Health Assembly marketing requirements, but
Save the Children found  in Pakistan, for example, that 20 per cent of
health professionals surveyed reported gifts from baby-food companies –
over half were Nestlé-branded. Danone, now second in the baby-milk market,
is also criticized. The company is an increasing cause for concern as it
tries to compete with Nestlé.

For more details: http://newint.org/blog/2013/03/06/baby-milk-action/
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