In this paper, we adopt the Philippines as a case study to illustrate the continuing battle for worldwide Code implementation. We chose the Philippines because of its early and comprehensive implementation of The Code, consolidated and well-established baby food industry, its active civil society an...
This paper describes the social economic and health contexts of childrearing among the Igorot women of a mountainous village in northern Philippines and the extent to which modernization has affected the womens infant feeding practices and attitudes toward breastfeeding and weaning. Data for the study...
(provided through the NDEL), and participants resorting to social assistance (provided through the National Department of Social Development, NDSD) in the absence of adequate cash benefits while on maternity leave. In the Philippines, many women in the informal sector are also not members of the ...