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From 1 April 2017, the 136th Inter-Parliamentarian Union General Assembly brought together over 1,000 delegates from 131 Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) countries to Dhaka, Bangladesh. Inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the five-day Assembly began with the theme “Redressing inequalities: Delivering on dignity and well-being for all” at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC).

On 2 April 2017, Gerda Verburg, SUN Movement Coordinator and UN Assistant Secretary-General, met with high level officials in Bangladesh to discuss how the country is working towards achieving the sustainable development goals and better nutrition for all. The three-day visit included meetings with the Hon. Prime Minister, Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Ms. Begum Matia Chowdhury, Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Mohamed Qamrul Islam, Minister of Food, Mr. Mohammed Nasim, Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Mr. A H M Mustafa Kamal, Minister of Planning. The visit coincided with the 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union General Assembly.

From 13 to 24 March 2017, the sixty-first Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Representatives of Member States, United Nations entities, and Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) accredited non-governmental organizations from all regions of the world attended the session.

On 16 March 2017, the World Bank Group Agriculture Global Practice hosted two public learning events to enhance understanding of the role that agriculture and food systems can play in fostering nutrition outcomes.

From 7 to 17 March 2017, the 15th African Nutrition Leadership Programme (ANLP) was hosted at Elgro River Lodge, South Africa. The ANLP is a tailor-made, needs-based leadership development programmes focused on developing the abilities of individuals to lead the implementation of nutrition related interventions as members of multi sectoral groups and teams operating on a national and district level.

Feature: International Women’s Day, recognising the role that women play in the food security, health and nutrition of their families View: English Français Español

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

In March 2017, Burkina Faso’s Civil Society Network for Nutrition (Resonut Burkina Faso) launched a new music video with strong messages about the importance of good nutrition. The song was composed by a young and talented slam poet named Slim, winner of the 2013 contest “I slam for my homeland” in Burkina Faso. Resonut Burkina Faso brings together 32 organizations with the vision of a “Burkina Faso free from hunger and malnutrition”.

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 “Implementation of the 2030 Agenda through a rights-based approach: Child-Focused Partnerships”. The event, held at the United Nations in Geneva, brought attention to Alliance 8.7 – A global strategic partnership committed to achieving Target 8.7 through the alignment of global, regional and national efforts

Due to the relatively short, two-year duration of the program, SPRING’s work in Senegal relies on key partnerships with local producer organizations and media outlets to extend the reach of nutrition messages. Community radio programs, which are widely patronized in the three regions where SPRING intervenes, are a key element of SPRING/Senegal’s social and behavior change communication (SBCC) approach. This SBCC approach uses radio, video, and community mobilization events to disseminate information on themes related to nutrition, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, hygiene, and gender.

On 22 March 2017, World Water Day was celebrated to encourage action to tackle the water crisis under the theme “Why Wastewater?” to focus on water use reduction and reuse.

On 22 March 2017, on the occasion of World Water Day, UNICEF launched a new report to highlight the threats to children’s lives and wellbeing caused by depleted sources of safe water and the ways climate change will intensify those risks in coming years.

On 22 March 2017, on the occasion of World Water Day, WaterAid UK launched a new report on the simple infrastructure needed that can help mitigate the dangers of extreme weather events on water, sanitation and hygiene. Climate change manifests itself in many ways including water change. Unpredictable weather patterns – referred to in the report as ‘wild water’ – mean more storm surges, ruinous flooding, prolonged droughts and contaminated water sources.

The world of work is changing, with significant implications for women. Achieving gender equality in the world of work is imperative for sustainable development, however, only 50 per cent of working age women are represented in the labour force globally, compared to 76 per cent of…

On 16 February 2017, the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) SUN Civil Society Alliances from Guatemala, Peru, El Salvador (with the Colombian civil society representative as observer) held a webinar on their 2016 achievements, and future perspectives. The objective of the call was to share their latest progress at national level.

Kenya celebrates International Women’s Day with the First Lady and UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres

The woman we want is bankable, business minded, brainy, beautiful, bold, blessed and balanced – How International Women’s Day was celebrated in Zimbabwe.

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”.

In March 2017, the African Development Bank partnered with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, UN agencies, civil society organizations and other development partners to mark the celebration of International Women’s Day. The commemorations began with the first meeting on the concertation framework on gender, chaired by the Minister of Women, Child Protection and Solidarity, Côte d’Ivoire, Mariatou Koné on 1 March 2017 at the Cultural Palace in Abidjan. A conference on 9 March about “Women in the working world” was then held at the Université Houphouet Boigny (Amphithéâtre A, Centre de Ressources pédagogiques) with Ms. Koné, ,Marie Goretti Nduwayo of UN Women and Jean-François Valette, the European Union Amabssador to Côte d’Ivoire.