Ethics Extravaganza 2025

Online: June 1 - 30, 2025

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Photo credit: Paul Carter, We Do It In Public. Used with permission.

Our 11th online ethics conference, Ethics Extravaganza 2025, is made up of E CERP presentations from our conferences in 2024 plus a new presentation. iLactation offers 5.25 E CERPs for IBCLCs around the world to help satisfy the requirement for a minimum of 5 E CERPs on ethics and related topics for IBCLC re-certification, including 2 hours on the WHO COde. We have 4 presentations, 2 are listed below. See link at bottom left for full details.

The good, the bad & the unethical: Being an IBCLC in the age of social media

Caoimhe Whelan, BEng, IBCLC, MSc(research) - Read more

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The good, the bad & the unethical: Being an IBCLC in the age of social media

Caoimhe Whelan, BEng, IBCLC, MSc(research)

Caoimhe Whelan is an IBCLC working in private practice in Dublin, Ireland. She is interested in maternal mental health, feminism, qualitative research, low milk production and epistemology (as it pertains to breastfeeding and lactation).

The good, the bad & the unethical: Being an IBCLC in the age of social media

This presentation will explore the realities and challenges of being an IBCLC in an era where people are increasingly turning to social media platforms for information. It will look at how parents’ feeding choices and mental health are influenced by content they see on social media and ethical and professional considerations for IBCLCs who post on social media. The presentation will also consider the addictive nature of social media platforms and the predatory marketing tactics of non WHO-code complaint companies.

1.25 E (VII) CERP

Conflicts of interest and the protection of breastfeeding

Katie Pereira-Kotze, RD (SA), M Nutr, PhD - Read more

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Conflicts of interest and the protection of breastfeeding

Catherine Pereira-Kotze, RD(SA), MNutr, PhD

Dr Catherine Pereira-Kotze has been working in the field of public health nutrition since 2005. Her work experience includes the programme management of, training, and research in maternal, infant, and young child nutrition. She is passionate about the protection, promotion, and support of breastfeeding and striving to make a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable groups. Her skills include public health nutrition research and policy advocacy, communications, education, training and mentorship. She has worked in low-, middle- and high-income country settings. Catherine spent most of her life in Cape Town (South Africa), and in 2020, relocated to the UK. She is currently working as a part-time Senior Nutritionist at First Steps Nutrition Trust and a consultant to Alive and Thrive East Asia Pacific.

Conflicts of interest and the protection of breastfeeding

This presentation will provide an overview of the concept of “conflicts of interest” and examples of how conflicts arise in the area of breastfeeding protection, promotion and support. Most recent guidance on how to avoid and manage conflicts of interest will be shared, together with advice on the responsibilities of health care workers.

1.00 E (V,VII) CERP