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On 6th March 2015, a High-Level Thematic Debate on Advancing Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda was held by the President of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting was held ahead of the 20th anniversary of the…

On 6th March 2015, three United Nations food relief agencies gathered ahead of International Women’s Day to remind the world that women farmers play a central role in achieving food and nutrition security. At the Rome event, leaders from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the…

On 10th March 2015, the high level event Saving Lives, Protecting Futures was hosted by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, to launch a Progress Report on the Global Strategy for Women’s and Child’s Health. The Progress Report documents progress, lessons learned, and the added value…

On 18th February 2015, the Government of Kenya hosted a two day National Nutrition Symposium in Nairobi to ‘step up commitments to scale up nutrition in Kenya’. The guest of honor, First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta, in her new role as the country’s Nutrition Champion, welcomed efforts…

As of the 5th March 2015, 30 countries including 2 observer countries, have confirmed their participation with the SUN Movement Secretariat in response to a “Call of Interest” about the tracking of nutrition-relevant budget allocations. A team from the Institute of Development Studies are providing…

In response to a “Call of Interest” in January 2015, which sought to identify countries interested in accelerating their efforts to report on nutrition relevant budget allocations, there was an overwhelming response by SUN countries. Having reliable data is critical for policy makers to prioritise,…

On Thursday 26 February, 2015, at Taj Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia, the Zambian Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition Alliance (CSO-SUN), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Department for International Development (DFID) launched the Global Nutrition Report in an interactive roundtable event. The…

On the 13th of February 2015, the regional president of Piuru in Peru, Reynaldo Hilbck, reaffirmed his commitment to the governance agreement for Piura (2051-2018) for achieving integrated development. On this occasion, Hilbck reiterated the joint commitment from his government and district municipalities that agreed…

The final concluding event for the Global Social Observatory (GSO)-SUN process on Conflict of Interest in the Scaling up Nutrition Movement took place over the 16th and 17th of February 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland. It represented the culmination of a 20 month collaboration between the…

On the 3rd of February 2015, the first monthly meeting of the SUN Network Facilitators for the year brought together eight key members from the four SUN Networks with a face-to-face meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting, chaired by Christine Campeau of the SUN Movement…

Nutrition Exchange is an ENN publication that contains short, easy-to-read articles on nutrition programme experiences and learning, from countries with a high burden of malnutrition and those that are prone to crisis. It also summarises research and provides information on guidance, tools and upcoming trainings in nutrition and related sectors. Nutrition Exchange…

Following on from the November launch of Madagascar’s Civil Society Alliance (CSA) – Hina – on February 3, 2105, the CSA held its constitutive general assembly marking the official establishment of the Alliance and elected the members of its Board for a three year mandate….

From 16 through to 30 September 2014, Malian Civil Society Organisation (CSO) OMAES and its technical partners ASDAP and Helen Keller International (HKI) undertook a mission to support and monitor nutrition activities in three regions – Kayes, Sikasso and Segou. The goals of the mission…

From November 24 to December 5, 2014, the United for Nutrition Alliance (TUN) in Niger arranged a series of nutrition advocacy workshops in three regions – Maradi, Zinder and Diffa. The workshops were also used as an opportunity to establish three regional branches of the…

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Civil Society, Government, the United Nations and Donor Community joined together in Yangon, Myanmar on the 17th February to launch the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance (SUN CSA) in Myanmar. Nearly 40 civil society organisations pledged to join the movement to eradicate malnutrition in…

During the 17th SUN Country Network Conference Call held from the 26th January until 2nd February 2015, a thematic discussion was held on how to accelerate SUN Country efforts to report on nutrition-relevant budget allocation. This call focused on the ability for countries to respond…

In the lead up to the launch of the The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) 2015, the GNR Secretariat is calling for countries to submit case studies analyzing the value of 193 Nutrition Country Profiles. The Global Nutrition Report was first launched in 2014 and profiled…

On 12th February 2015, the third conference call to develop the Community of Practice on planning, costing, implementing and financing multi-sectoral actions for improved nutrition was held. Over thirty participants from SUN Networks and technical agencies participated in the call to share their experiences with tools for stocktaking, how-to…