Mothers' rights

Breastfeeding discrimination remains widespread.

Information on the right to breastfeed is available on the Human Rights Commission website:

• Your rights as a breastfeeding mother (English)
  Your rights as a breastfeeding mother (Māori)
  Your rights as a breastfeeding mother (Samoan)
  Your rights as a breastfeeding mother (Tongan)

These pamphlets were developed after the Human Rights Commission wrote the 2005 report on 'The Right to Breastfeed' and made a submission that year to the Health Select Committee on a Woman's Right to Breastfeed.

• View the report - The Right to Breastfeed - Background paper

The Commission has continued its work with a 2006 submission to the Law and Order Committee on the Corrections (Mothers with Babies) Amendment Bill.

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