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2021 08 March
95

Girls advocating for girls’ nutrition in Ethiopia

David Martin   |   SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

Better Nutrition = Greater Equality & more Equality = Better Nutrition Nutrition and gender are intimately interconnected. Women and girls make up 60% of all undernourished people globally. Poor nutrition compounds existing barriers and presents new hurdles for women and girls as they look to realise...

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2021 04 March
8

Approved the first law on climate change and food security for Latin America and the Caribbean

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The Board of Directors of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) unanimously approved the first Model Law on Climate Change and Food and Nutrition Security (SAN). It is an instrument that establishes a legal framework of reference to inspire national laws, which will allow each...

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2021 03 March
2

SUN Movement new strategy: the Operationalisations Group working on recommendations for the Lead Group

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Secretariat 0

The Strategy for SUN (2021-2025), adopted by the SUN Movement Lead Group in December 2020, sets out an ambitious vision to align global efforts to scale up nutrition behind country leadership. The  Operationalisations (OPS) Group has been initiated to support the transition from SUN 2.0...

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2021 25 February
6

Private partners step up efforts to help end hunger by 2030 in the Philippines

David Martin   |   SUN Business Network, SUN Country Network 0

Various private companies have promised to proactively support the government efforts as they stepped up endeavors to help address involuntary hunger and malnutrition in the country. This commitment was made as the government, through the Task Force Zero Hunger and alongside its partners in the...

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2021 19 February
4

Urgent scaling up of emergency response needed as Somalia faces acute food insecurity crisis

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Over 2.6 million people in Somalia are expected to be in extreme food insecurity according to the latest joint technical assessment released by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS...

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2021 18 February
1

Learning exchange brought together leaders of the SUN Movement of Latin America and the Caribbean

David Martin   |   SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

* Originally published by the SUN Civil Society Network The First learning exchange “Listening to the Voice of Civil Society in Latin America and the Caribbean”, of the civil society alliances that are part of the SUN Movement, held in December 2020 and January 2021, allowed...

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2021 15 February
8

Acute malnutrition threatens half of children under five in Yemen in 2021

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, four United Nations agencies warned today. Of these, 400,000 are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition and could die if they do not receive...

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