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2015 01 September

20th Meeting of the SUN Country Network

From 27 to 31 July 2015, the 20th meeting of the SUN Country Network was held across 11 two-hour sessions by telephone and video conference. 194 participants from 41 SUN Countries joined the calls in English, French and Spanish. The thematic discussion was on "Development of...

2015 27 August

Event in New Dehli reviews the role of evolving partnerships for nutrition security

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On 25 August 2015, an event titled “Swasth Bharat Sashakt Bharat - Business Models for Securing Nutritional Outcomes”, was held in New Dehli, India. The event was organised by the CII Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence (FACE) in partnership with the Global Alliance for...

2015 12 August

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina shares a message on the eve of WBW2015

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From 1 – 7 August 2015, the 2015 World Breastfeeding Week was celebrated in Bangladesh with a message from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina emphasizing the need for breastfeeding and homemade food for infants at mothers’ workplaces. She announced that the government of Bangladesh has been ordered to introduce...

2015 07 August

Expo Milano event highlights the key role adolescent girls have in breaking the cycle of malnutrition

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On 3 July 2015, Save the Children held the event “Starting from girls: they are the source to trigger a change!” at Expo Milano as part of the WE-Women for Expo program. The event highlighted the key role of adolescent girls in low and middle...

2015 22 July

Tom Arnold is appointed to the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition

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On 22 July 2015, the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition announced the appointment of Tom Arnold as a new Panel Member. Tom Arnold joins the Global Panel to replace Anthony Lake, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) who had...

2015 03 July

The World Food Prize is awarded to Sir Fazle Hasan Abed for his commitment to ending extreme poverty

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On 1st July 2015, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed was announced as the 2015 World Food Prize Laureate at a ceremony in Washington D.C. for his commitment to ending extreme poverty. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is the internationally renowned founder and chairperson of BRAC (formally known as...

2015 02 July

The SUN Movement Secretariat convenes a workshop to strengthen support to SUN Countries

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On 22nd and 23rd June 2015, the SUN Movement Secretariat brought together support providers from across the Movement to discuss ways of strengthening support to SUN Countries, especially when there is insufficient or unavailable in-country expertise. The purpose of the meeting was to reach agreement on what is required for...

2015 01 July

World Leaders recognised for their steps towards Gender Equality

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On 18th June 2015, eight world leaders were recognised for the steps they have taken towards improving gender equality. Three of the leaders were from SUN Countries Indonesia, Malawi and Rwanda. In Indonesia, President Joko Widodo promotes the increase of women in senior leadership positions and women representation in...

2015 26 June

Workshop in Kenya builds the knowledge base for effective engagement to Scale Up Nutrition

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From 10th to 12th June 2015, the SUN Movement Secretariat partnered with UNICEF and the SUN Business Network for a three day Scaling Up Nutrition event in Nairobi, Kenya. The first day was a workshop led by the SUN Business Network on ‘Understanding the Role of...

2015 15 June

Meeting of SUN Network Facilitators | May 2015

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On 1st June 2015, the SUN Movement Secretariat chaired the monthly conference call of the SUN Network Facilitators. This meeting provided the facilitators an update on progress towards the development of the SUN Movement Strategy 2016 - 2020. It was noted that a Transitional Stewardship Team (TST) had been put...