SpoKojení, z.s.

SpoKojení, z.s. is a Czech non-governmental non-profit association that operates as the Czech national branch of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), presenting itself online as IBFAN CZ. Its stated mission is to defend the right of children and women to the highest attainable standard of health, the right of women to breastfeed their child exclusively for six months and then for two or more years, and the right to make informed decisions about child nutrition free from commercial influence. It promotes, supports and monitors compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent resolutions (the "Marketing Code") in the Czech Republic. The organisation follows a strict ethical code and states that it accepts no financial or non-financial donations from manufacturers of artificial infant formula or other companies acting contrary to the Code and subsequent resolutions, nor from pharmaceutical companies. In its work it claims the legacy of Senator Františka Plamínková (1875–1942), a democrat and humanist who supported women's rights, including the protection of motherhood and breastfeeding; it organises annual events to commemorate the anniversaries of her birth and death. SpoKojení is part of the international IBFAN network, which works to improve child health and nutrition by promoting breastfeeding and eliminating predatory marketing of artificial formula intended for children up to three years of age, as well as dummies and bottles. IBFAN was founded on 12 October 1979 and helped bring about the Marketing Code. It cooperates closely with international organisations such as UNICEF and the World Health Organization, and is a member of NetCode, the Global Breastfeeding Collective and the IFE Core Group, a group of institutions and organisations dealing with child nutrition in humanitarian crises. As a brand-like civil-society entity, SpoKojení occupies the advocacy and public-interest segment rather than the commercial market: it does not sell products, but builds recognition around the IBFAN CZ name, its ethical independence and its monitoring of infant-formula marketing in Czechia.

SpoKojení, z.s. is the Czech national branch of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), a global network founded on 12 October 1979 that helped bring about the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes. As IBFAN CZ, the Czech association works to remove commercial influence from infant and young child nutrition and to promote, support and monitor compliance with the Code and its subsequent resolutions in the Czech Republic. The organisation frames its work within a rights-based approach: it defends the right of children and women to the highest attainable standard of health, the right of women to breastfeed exclusively for six months and then for two or more years, and the right to make informed decisions about child nutrition without commercial influence. It also adopts a strict ethical code, refusing financial or non-financial donations from manufacturers of artificial formula, from other companies acting contrary to the Code and subsequent resolutions, and from pharmaceutical companies. SpoKojení explicitly claims the legacy of Senator Františka Plamínková (1875–1942), a democrat and humanist who supported women's rights, including the protection of motherhood and breastfeeding. To keep that legacy visible, it organises annual events commemorating the anniversaries of her birth and death. Internationally, the association is part of IBFAN, which advocates for better child health and nutrition by promoting breastfeeding and eliminating predatory marketing of artificial formula for children up to three years of age, as well as dummies and bottles. IBFAN cooperates closely with UNICEF and the World Health Organization and is a member of NetCode, the Global Breastfeeding Collective and the IFE Core Group, which addresses child nutrition in humanitarian crises. Through this affiliation, SpoKojení connects Czech advocacy with global infant-feeding policy work.

• IBFAN, the international network of which SpoKojení is the Czech branch, is founded on 12 October 1979.

Non-governmental, non-profit advocacy association and national IBFAN branch; independent of infant-formula and pharmaceutical industry funding.

1. 1IBFAN CZ - Odstraňujeme komerční vlivy ve výživě kojenců a malých dětíibfan.cz
2. 2Wikidata Q138036148wikidata.org