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From 9 to 12 April 2017, SUN Movement Coordinator and Assistant Secretary-General, Ms Gerda Verburg, joined high level decision makers in Pakistan to reflect on progress made and the road ahead in scaling up nutrition. The schedule encompassed a wide range of meetings and activities including workshops, ministerial meetings and a television talk show.

On May 3, 2017 at the Embrapa HQ, Brasilia, the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, in partnership with Embrapa, has organised a high-level event that brings together the research community and policy-makers to identify policies and actions of agricultural research to improve diet quality, nutrition and health outcomes in Brazil.

CHILDHOOD stunting is the physical manifestation of profound mental and developmental delays in growth. Technically, it is defined as the height for a child’s age below the fifth percentile on a reference growth curve. However, it can blight the future of a child as it lowers educational attainment and job earnings. Stunting affects a massive percentage of the world’s youth: nearly half of all children are stunted in Pakistan. Apart from particularly impaired cognitive development, stunting has staggering implications in other arenas; for instance, the GDP of countries is measurably lower.

STUNTING in Pakistan is a tragedy of epic proportions; a tragedy that we can, and must, overcome. Nearly half of Pakistan’s children — 44pc — suffer from stunted growth (National Nutrition Survey 2011). This is the third highest number of stunted children in the world.

UNSCN Discussion Paper – Global Governance for Nutrition and the role of UNSCN

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