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On 4-5 November 2013, an official ceremony and workshop took place to launch, review and approve Chad’s National Nutrition Policy (2014-2025). The official opening ceremony of the workshop took place just after the presentation session of the policy document. It was chaired by the Minister of…

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A new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute reflects on the concept and measurement of women’s empowerment and reviews some of the structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. The report then proceeds to review…

The Global Gathering was an extraordinary moment in the SUN Movement. It brought together 140 participants from 40 SUN Movement countries, and more than 60 participants from the SUN Movement Networks. David Nabarro, SUN Movement Coordinator, shares his reflections on the lead up to the…

Tilaye Nigussie, former Country Director for Concern Worldwide Rwanda (now in Tanzania) wrote this poem for Rwanda’s second national nutrition summit, held in Kigali from November 22-23, 2011. The conference focused on scaling up nutrition interventions to prevent irreversible physical and mental stunting during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life. It is also the focus of Tilaye’s poem, “One Thousand Precious Days.”

From 12-14 November, over 80 participants from 18 countries including SUN Focal Points and global experts gathered in Nairobi for a Workshop on Costing and Tracking Investments in support of Scaling Up Nutrition. As a result a Community of Practice was initiated in 2013 with…

Noble Nketia is the leading celebrity ambassador of Ghana’s Civil Society Association (CSA) – the Ghana Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Scaling up Nutrition. He is a Ghanaian gospel artiste with a successful music career spanning 13 years and several awards including the best gospel artiste of the year (two occasions) in the country.

The first meeting of the Global Panel meeting took place on 28th and 29th October 2013 in London. Co- chaired by former President Kufuor of Ghana and Prof Sir John Beddington, former UK Chief Scientific Advisor, the Panel agreed its aims and objectives, identified the key issues it should address, and developed a plan of activities for the first year.

During the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2013, the Safe Water for All (SWA) Chair and former President of Ghana H.E Kufuor co-chaired a roundtable breakfast meeting with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to discuss linkages between nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene.

The SUN Movement recognises that no one single sector can scale up nutrition alone. At the core of the Movement are nationally owned and ambitious plans to scale up nutrition by 43 countries, supported by four global networks- Donor, Business, Civil Society and UN agencies.

A seminar on “Nutrition and Sustainability : A Practical Approach to Integrating Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Nutrition and Health Agendas” co-organized by the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition, (UNSCN), Bioversity International, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Republic of…

On 7 October 2013, the Republic of the Congo became the 43rd country to commit to scaling up nutrition with the SUN Movement.

The latest report of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2013 was published on 8 October and identifies a number of policies that generate hunger and malnutrition rather than reducing them. One of the articles in the report ‘The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Initiative’ written by Claudio Schuftan and Ted Griener, sets out some risks that are perceived to exist within the Movement.

The 40th Session of the Committee on World Food Security took place from 7 to 11 October 2013 in Rome. The Session was attended by delegates from 121 Members of the Committee; 14 non-Member States of the Committee and by representatives from United Nations Agencies…

The Management Committee of the SUN Movement MPTF announces a new call for proposals to support civil society organisations (CSOs) to mobilise in-country and globally so as to contribute to realising SUN commitments and demonstrating results. Deadline for submissions is 11 November 2013, 17.00 CET.