At the Conference:

Day 2 Plenary 8

Climate Chaos and Infant Feeding: Who Gets Left Behind?

Day 2 Panel 5

The roles of health and community workers as the first responders

to secure infant and young child feeding in emergencies

Occupation:

• Adjunct Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University

Bio:

Karleen Gribble PhD, BRurSc(Hons) is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University, Australia. Her research focused on breastfeeding in situations of adversity including in emergencies and in the context of intergenerational trauma, and child protection concerns.

She is the author of more than 90 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on infant feeding, child protection, child rights and the language of women’s reproductive health and new motherhood.

She is a world leading researcher and policy and guidance developer in infant and young child feeding in emergencies and has provided advice to United Nations agencies, governmental and non-governmental organisations, health professionals, and emergency responders in many countries on how to protect infants and young children in emergencies.

Karleen advocates for recognition of the importance of mothers to their infants and works to create environments that support breastfeeding and the mother-infant relationship. She is also an Australian Breastfeeding Association educator and mother-to-mother breastfeeding counsellor.