Human rights

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2017 12 December

Why a Child’s First 1,000 Days Is The Smallest Big Thing For Human Rights

This blog was originally published by the Huffington Post. Access the original article. For us in the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, Human Rights Day, auspiciously marked at the end of each calendar year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on where we stand with making sure that...

2020 28 October

Malnutrition surges among young children in Yemen as conditions worsen

David Martin | Child nutrition Human rights Humanitarian field Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Acute malnutrition rates among children under the age of five are the highest ever recorded in parts of Yemen, with more than half a million cases in southern districts, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Acute Malnutrition analysis released today by...

2020 26 June

Yemeni children face deadly hunger and aid shortages as COVID-19 pandemic spreads

David Martin | Child nutrition COVID19 Human rights Humanitarian field SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Millions of children in Yemen could be pushed to ‘the brink of starvation’ due to huge shortfalls in humanitarian aid funding amid the COVID-19 pandemic – according to a new UNICEF report marking more than five years since conflict escalated in the country. Yemen five years...

2020 22 April

COVID-19 will double number of people facing food crises unless swift action is taken

David Martin | COVID19 Food systems Human rights Humanitarian field SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Noting that the global spread of COVID-19 this year has sparked “the worst humanitarian crisis since World War Two”, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) David Beasley pointed to deepening crises, more frequent natural disasters and changing weather patterns, saying “we’re already facing a perfect storm”. As millions...

2019 15 October

The State of the World’s Children 2019: Children, food and nutrition

David Martin | Child nutrition Human rights Humanitarian field Overweight and obesity Research SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

An alarmingly high number of children are suffering the consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them, UNICEF warned in a new report on children, food and nutrition. The State of the World’s Children 2019: Children, food and nutrition finds that at least...

2019 12 September

Over half the population of South Sudan still faces severe hunger

David Martin | Human rights Humanitarian field SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

In spite of a slight improvement in the food security situation since June 2019, more than half the population of South Sudan – some 6.35 million people – do not know where their next meal will come from, three United Nations agencies warned today. According to an Integrated Food...

2018 27 December

Humanitarian assistance continues to prevent a massive human catastrophe in Yemen but it is not enough

David Martin | Child nutrition Human rights Humanitarian field SUN UN Network 0

As many as 20 million Yemenis are food insecure in the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Already, 15.9 million people wake up hungry, according to the latest Integrated food security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis which was released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the...

2018 03 October

UN agencies call for lasting peace to prevent further food crises in South Sudan

David Martin | Child nutrition Human rights Humanitarian field SUN UN Network 0

Relentless conflict and insecurity throughout the lean period has pushed 6.1 million people - nearly 60 percent of the assessed population – into extreme hunger in South Sudan, though the situation could improve if a sustainable peace takes hold, three United Nations agencies said today. Some...

2018 29 January

Risk of malnutrition and starvation among children in South Sudan

David Martin | Child nutrition Human rights SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

South Sudan is in the throes of a tragedy for children that affects more than half the child population – victims of malnutrition, disease, forced recruitment, violence and the loss of schooling – UNICEF said in a report released on 15 December 2017. Years of...

2017 05 April

Alliance 8.7 puts child-focused partnerships in the spotlight

Thuy | Child nutrition Global initiatives Human rights SUN UN Network 0

On 7 March 2017, on the margins of the 34th session of the Human Rights Council, Alliance 8.7, with the support of End Violence Against Children, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement, held an event to draw attention to the...

2017 03 April

Burkina Faso’s First Lady calls for action on International Women’s Day

Thuy | Equality Human rights Women's empowerment SUN Country Network 0

On 8 March 2017, stakeholders in Burkina Faso focused the International Women's Day under the theme, “The moral value of the human person: the responsibility of the communities in the fight against the social exclusion of women”. ...