Ellen Maughan, JD, IBCLC
Ellen Maughan, is a retired attorney who has been helping families achieve their lactation goals for over 27 years, first as a La Leche League Leader and since 2001, as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Ellen has worked as an IBCLC in hospital, WIC and pediatric office settings as well as in her own private practice. In 2019, Ellen transitioned primarily to lactation policy work and collaborated with the New Jersey Department of Health to create the New Jersey Breastfeeding Strategic Plan, a roadmap of lactation policy recommendations released in September 2022. She serves on other family health policy-making groups and actively advocates for lactation rights and policies with the New Jersey Breastfeeding Coalition as a trustee and past president. In addition, Ellen is an adjunct faculty member in the Human Lactation pathway 2 program at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA where she co-teaches the Public Policy of Breastfeeding course. She speaks nationally on lactation rights and advocacy topics.
Breastfeeding as a human right: the evidence, the ethics and the urgency
Breastfeeding has been declared a human rights issue by United Nations experts for over 5 years, yet the right to breastfeed continues to be undermined in the health care system and in society by numerous commercial and other influences. This presentation will explore the theoretical, ethical, and evidential bases for protecting breastfeeding as a human right, the barriers this protection continues to face, and recommended strategies for advancing this human right in public health, educational and social arenas that can be used by lactation clinicians, advocates and policymakers alike.
1.00 E (VII) CERP
