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On 16th March 2015, Sri Lanka’s Scaling Up Nutrition Forum organised a Global Nutrition Report launch in Colombo. The event was attended by multiple stakeholders including Rosy Senanayake, State Minister of Children’s Affairs, Rosy Senanayake. In her address to the audience, she announced a nutrition package for pregnant…

As of 19th March 2015, preparation of regional workshops on accelerating SUN country tracking of nutrition-relevant budget allocations is progressing with organisation by UNICEF on behalf of the UN Network. The workshops will be closed events with participants upon invitation only. The 32 SUN countries participating in…

On 5 March 2015, The Gambia held an event to recognise International School Meals Day as part of the world wide commemoration under the theme “Celebrating culture through food”. The celebration raised awareness on the importance of food and nutrition in education, as well as…

On 17 March 2015, the Philippines Department of Social Welfare Secretary, Corazon Juliano-Soliman, met with World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin, who is also a SUN Movement Lead Group Member. They explored ways to enhance their partnership in disaster preparedness and support for…

On 12 March 2015, the SUN Civil Society Network (SUNCSN) convened a second conference call between key stakeholders across the Civil Society Network known as the SUNCSN Advocacy Working Group. During this call, key activities in the coming months were shared to identify where efforts could be aligned…

Following a successful five-month pilot programme in 2013 coordinated by the Office for National Nutrition (ONN), 2015 is the year that Madagascar is reviving their National School Feeding Programme. The previous programme was abandoned in 2009 due to the political crisis and now a team…

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…