Lagos, Nigeria – June 14, 2025 Civil society leaders from 22 countries across West, Central Africa and the Islands (Comoros and Madagascar) (WCAI) came together last week in Lagos, Nigeria for the SUN Civil Society Network’s annual regional meeting — a week of dialogue, learning, and bold action toward nutrition justice. Under the theme “A […]
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Where Nutrition Meets Food Systems Transformation: Championing Youth-Led Community Dialogues at UNFSS+4
What happens when you bring together young changemakers from across the globe — all working to fix our broken food systems and end malnutrition in their communities? You get energy. You get vision. And with the right ongoing collaboration, you can get real system-change. That’s exactly what we experienced in May 2025 at the UNFSS+4 […]
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Nutrition for Growth Summit 2025: The Youth Takeover!
SUN CSN Youth Coordinators amplifying grassroots voices in every space and every conversation Let’s be honest—global summits haven’t always been conducive to meaningful youth participation. Too often, we’ve seen young people reduced to side-show speakers, offering a “youth perspective” before being politely ushered off the stage and out of the room. But at the Nutrition […]
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Youth declaration at N4G Paris to end malnutrition
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG ACTIVISTS CALL FOR LEADERS TO ADDRESS MALNUTRITION WORLDWIDE Friday March 28 – Young activists fighting hunger and malnutrition across the globe have called on political leaders to drive up family incomes, improve school feeding programmes and warned against ultra-processed foods. The declaration made at the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris on […]
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Civil Societies launch a common declaration at Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G) in Paris 2025
In the margins of the N4G Summit, civil society organisations from across the world gathered for two days in the Civil Society Pavilion to confront pressing challenges in the nutrition landscape and shape a path forward. From these discussions, civil society united behind a set of key recommendations, with over a hundred organisations supporting this […]
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The Countdown to N4G.. where will the SUN CSN be?
The countdown to the Nutrition for Growth Summit 2025 in Paris is on! And it would not be the same without the participation of the SUN Civil Society Network (SUN CSN). So where will we be and what are we doing in Paris? Click here to find out all the answers
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Countdown to N4G: It is Time to Mobilize Your Decision-Makers!
The upcoming Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2025 in Paris presents a pivotal moment for SUN Civil Society Network (SUN CSN) members to shape the global nutrition agenda. Governments, donors, and stakeholders will convene to make commitments that could transform the fight against malnutrition. To help civil society alliances (CSAs) maximize this opportunity, the SUN […]
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Nourishing equality: Partners recommit to uniting for gender equality and nutrition
Incorporating gender considerations not only improves the heath and well- being of women and adolescent girls but also strengthens entire communities leading to lasting change. Check out this call for action initiative on gender and nutrition here
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CSN Celebrates N4G Progress Reporting
Since 2013, Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summits have catalysed global commitmentsto improve nutrition. In July 2024, all commitment-makers from the 2021 TokyoSummit were tasked to report on their progress. Click here to read our blog celebrating CSN’s progress reporting against our own N4G commitments ahead of the upcoming N4G Summit in France 2025.
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Navigating The Gender Nutrition Frontier
A Personal Reflection on a Training Experience in Vietnam by Kansiime Ruth Praise As I reflect on the transformative journey through “Closing the Gender Nutrition Gap” training organized by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network (SUN CSN) in collaboration with Vietnam Civil Society Alliance (CSA), a spectrum of experiences, insights, and cultural immersions flood […]
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