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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.

From 21 – 22 March 2017, ENN and the SUN Movement Secretariat organised a workshop in Geneva, Switzerland, to bring together a small group of known providers in the field of knowledge management in support of SUN Countries. This was the first workshop of its kind for the SUN Movement and in addition to SUN Network Facilitators, representatives came from Alive & Thrive, the Global Nutrition Cluster, the Global Panel for Agriculture and Nutrition, IFPRI, the Institute of Development Studies, Micronutrient Initiative, MQSUN II the Sackler Institute for Nutrition Sciences, the World Bank’s South Asia food and nutrition security initiative (SAFANSI), Secure Nutrition, SPRING and the World Health Organisati

On 9 March 2017, International School Meals Day was celebrated around the world as a timely reminder of the need to promote good nutrition and healthy eating habits for all children regardless of their circumstances.

Feature: Welcome to the Central African Republic, the 59th country to join the SUN Movement ENGLISH

Feature: Join us in welcoming Gabon as the 58th country to join the SUN Movement! ENGLISH

On 10 March 2017, following country visits, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien urged the international community for comprehensive action to save people facing or at risk of famine. In his address to the Security Council the top United Nations official warned, without collective and global efforts, people risked starving to death and succumbing to disease, stunted children and lost futures, and mass displacements and reversed development gains.

In 2016, the project added components to promote an adaptive social protection system in Niger. These include mechanisms to make social protection interventions more responsive to shocks and allow poor and vulnerable households to build their resilience. The goal of this newer program is to protect the poor from climate and other shocks before they occur (for example through predictable transfers and building community assets) and also to scale up when extreme events hit.

On 1 March 2017, on the occasion of Africa School Meals Day, The Gambia Government through the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MOBSE) and the World Food Programme (WFP) highlighted the important role of partnership in achieving a sustainable school meals programme. More than 100, 000 students in 368 schools in all six regions receive daily meals each year thanks to the Government of the Gambia and valuable support of donors such as the European Union, the Governments of Japan and the Republic of Korea

On 1 March 2017, the principal of Hillside Primary School, Nathalië Uaendere hosted officials from the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture to commemorate the Africa Day of School Feeding. To mark the occasion, partner company Namibia Dairies and Pick n Pay gave every learner in her school a carton of Oshikandela cultured milk to commemorate the Africa Day of School Feeding.

On 1 March 2017, the African Day of School Meals was officially celebrated at Kokbe Tsebah Primary School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme, “Home Grown School Feeding: Investment in Youth and Children for Harnessing the Demographic Dividend”. Around one hundred guests and partners attended, including the First Lady of Ethiopia, the Minister of Education, State Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Deputy Minister for Basic Education, WFP Head of Programmes, representatives of USAID, and UNICEF.