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On 21 February 2017, Ms. Gerda Verburg, Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Coordinator and Assistant UN Secretary-General met Thomson Reuters to share the key lessons from her personal and professional life. Highlighting why, the perspectives of women are imperative and crucial to achieving sustainable development. Saying ‘let’s empower women’ is just not good enough. Just do it, I say! Create a space and ensure conditions where women can stand in their own power. Act on the fact that women’s contributions to society and planet are not accounted for nor valued properly in our economic, political or social systems.”

On 16 February 2017, in Ha Noi, Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Vu Duc Dam of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam had a meeting with Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Coordinator and Assistant UN Secretary-General Ms. Gerda Verburg to discuss progress in eliminating malnutrition by 2030. Ms. Gerda Verburg called on the Government and the nutrition community, at large, to remain steadfast in its commitment to fight malnutrition in the country.

Former President launches Sri Lanka’s blueprint to end hunger and malnutrition

In January 2017, Generation Nutrition launched the new fact sheet, The Role of Agriculture: Producing Food to Nourish People? The fact sheet is part of a series exploring ways of preventing child undernutrition. It explains how agricultural programmes in developing countries can have a bigger impact in reducing undernutrition and, in doing so, fulfil one of the sector’s main roles: to provide people with the nutritious food they need for a healthy and productive life.

On 31 January 2017, the post-Learning Route webinar, “Fostering Learning and Innovation in Nutrition”, took place with special guest SUN Movement coordinator Gerda Verburg . Ms Verburg awarded prizes to three innovation plans developed by SUN Civil Society Alliances (SUN CSAs) as part of the SUN Civil Society Learning Route in Rwanda last year.

On 27 January 2017, the SUN Movement Secretariat, SPRING, Results for Development and MQSUN held a webinar as part of a technical consultation series on nutrition financial analysis. The webinar focused on “Investing in Nutrition-Specific Interventions” and participants included representatives from donor institutions, international civil society organisations, United Nations agencies.

On 26 January 2017, ENN launched a new media hub to function as a new innovative platform for digital knowledge such as dynamic podcasts, new videos and thought provoking blogs. The hub was developed as part of ENN’s support to the SUN Movement on enhancing peer-to-peer sharing, learning and exchange.

On 24 January 2017, former President John Agyekum Kufuor launched the Ghana “Zero Hunger” Strategic Review process. The review, which is led by Kufour, seeks to contribute to the Government’s effort to accelerate the work towards eliminating hunger and food insecurity by 2030, whilst improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture.

In January 2017, Action Contre la Faim (ACF) launched a new guidebook to support multi-sectoral solutions to undernutrition through improved integrated approaches with the water, sanitation and hygiene sector (WASH). It is an operational guidebook which demonstrates the importance of both supplementing nutrition programmes with WASH activities and adapting WASH interventions to include nutritional considerations i.e. making them more nutrition-sensitive and impactful on nutrition.

From 17-20 January 2017, around 3,000 global leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the 47th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum to tackle issues threatening the world today. Davos revolves around the idea that the only way to address big challenges is to talk to…

New study reveals training and cash grants are helping families cope with climate change in Bangladesh

From 19 – 21 January 2017, the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) was held in Berlin, Germany, bringing together Agriculture Ministers’ to focus on “Agriculture and Water – Key to Feeding the World”. It is the largest conference of agriculture ministers in the world and gives impetus to international debates at the beginning of every year. 83 states attended the Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Conference on the subject as well as high-level representatives of international organisations such as the European Commission and the FAO. Together they adopted an ambitious communiqué and committed to a sustainable stewardship of water.

On 31 January 2017, Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations in Geneva invited Geneva-based agencies to attend an Executive Briefing about the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement.

Launched in January 2017, this seventh issue of Nutrition Exchange introduces an exciting new phase in the publication’s development where ENN will now be publishing NEX twice a year and will bring together experiences and learning from SUN Countries as well as other content. It has been made possible by funding from DFID for ENN to provide knowledge management services to SUN Countries – particularly those that are fragile and conflict-affected.

In December 2016, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Benin pledged €14,750,000 to country-wide projects in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The OMI DELTA fund will run from 1 December 2016 to 30 June 2021.

In January 2017, 3 videos commissioned by SNV* were shortlisted for the 2017 Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) which champion the creative works of visual storytelling that inspire activism, compassion and social transformation. The videos produced by BrandOutLoud were shortlisted from a selection of videos submitted from over 140 countries to compete for awards, cash prizes, industry accolades, media features, distribution opportunities, and entry into SIMA’s signature film programs.Click here to view all 2017 finalists.

On 2 February 2017, Martin Chungong, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union sent a letter to the Speakers of Parliament of the 58 SUN Countries to encourage action against malnutrition. The letter was accompanied by a concept note detailing the benefit of a Parliamentarian consultation on nutrition to strengthen parliamentarian engagement and contribution to the the collaborative work of the SUN Movement.

In January 2017, the first draft Work Programme of the Decade of Action on Nutrition was shared publicly and is available for comment. The Work Programme has been developed according to the mandates of UN General Assembly Resolution 70/269 and taking into account WHA Resolution 69/8