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World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
Organization's acronym:	WABA
Address:	No.7,Persiaran Mas Georgetown, 11700 Penang Malaysia
Phone:	60-4-6584816
Fax:	60-4-6572655
Email:	waba@waba.org.my
Web site:	www.waba.org.my
Organization type:	Non-governmental organization
Languages:	English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Information and communication technologies Men and boys Millennium Development Goals Social Development: Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Youth
Geographic scope:	International
Millennium Development Goals:	Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	To protect, promote and support breastfeeding worldwide in the framework of the Innocenti Declarations (1990 and 2005) and the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding through networking and facilitating collaborative efforts in social mobilisation, advocacy, information dissemination and capacity building.
Year established (YYYY):	2004
Organizational structure:	The WABA General Assembly plays a larger role in policy making and has the right to vote on the Steering Committee members. The WABA General Assembly consist of: Steering Committee Core Partners Regional Focal Points Task Force Coordinators and Co-Coordinators International Advisory Council (non-voting except for co-chairs) Working groups (non-voting members)
Number and type of members:	1200+ endorsers (Organisation and Individual members)
Funding structure:	Foreign and international grants

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:

Workers and trade unions
Children and youth
Women

Social Development

Publications:

World Breastfeeding Week Action Folder - yearly

Other UN Entities

Accreditation with other UN Entities:

DPI