This Thursday, 18 September 2025, governments, partners and civil society will gather in Fortaleza, Brazil, for the second Global Summit of the School Meals Coalition (SMC). More than 40 countries will stand accountable for the commitments they made in Paris two years ago, making it a critical moment to assess progress and push for stronger […]
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African Food Systems Forum: A week of intensity and inspiration
Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network (SUN CSN) Youth Leader Brice Kouderin travelled from Benin to Dakar, Senegal to attend the Africa Food Systems Forum summit, September 2025. Here he shares his reflections. Last week, Dakar pulsed to the rhythm of the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025. Six days filled with encounters, debates and reflections […]
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Local solutions, global stewardship: 7 SUN CSN recommendations for UNFSS+4
Civil society is not waiting for transformation – it’s already driving it. From budget tracking and rights-based advocacy to gender equality and local food production, organisations across the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network (SUN CSN) are reshaping food systems every day. As governments and stakeholders meet in Addis Ababa for the UN Food Systems […]
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We’ve registered our N4G commitments – and we’re ready to act with accountability!
The March 2025 Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit in Paris was an important moment for the global nutrition community. Governments, donors, civil society and the private sector came together to commit to stronger, smarter and more coordinated efforts to end malnutrition in all its forms, despite the challenging context and dwindling development funding. Building on […]
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Strengthened, Aligned, Mobilised: SUN Civil Society in West and Central Africa and the Islands issues the Lagos Declaration
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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