Members of the SUN Movement’s Civil Society Network are already reporting food shortages and escalation in prices due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, which will have knock-on effects on the state of nutrition globally. The Russian Federation and Ukraine are among the most important producers of agricultural commodities in the world. Organisations such as […]
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Life under the Taliban: Obstacles faced in Afghanistan
Part 4: Being a child in Afghanistan Written by Zuhra Dadgar-Shafiq, Programme Director and Co-Founder of Action for Development who provide vital health and education services in Afghanistan to the most marginalized and vulnerable individuals through cost-effective, cascade-model projects that allow for community participation and empowerment. Afghanistan has been struggling with conflict for over 40 years. The situation […]
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Life under the Taliban: Obstacles faced in Afghanistan
Part 3: Rising food prices Written by Zuhra Dadgar-Shafiq, Programme Director and Co-Founder of Action for Development who provide vital health and education services in Afghanistan to the most marginalized and vulnerable individuals through cost-effective, cascade-model projects that allow for community participation and empowerment. Afghanistan has been struggling with conflict for over 40 years. The […]
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The African Union Year of Nutrition
At their annual meeting in February of 2022, the African Union declared 2022 ‘The Year of Nutrition for Africa’. This is an exciting initiative as it will shine a spotlight on nutrition in Africa and push for greater political commitment on nutrition and increased investment to address the ongoing malnutrition challenges. The AU will strive […]
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The Youth: Secret Ingredient for a Sustainable Food System
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LireThe Future of Nutrition: Accountability towards 2030
Almost 10 years after the first Nutrition For Growth Summit, we are still nowhere near meeting the targets laid out for 2025. Rates of stunting, wasting and obesity are still on the rise, while fragile and conflict-affected famines have been forgotten. Add on to that a global pandemic and the exponential number of climate-related disasters, […]
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Climate change takes centre stage at the UN Food Systems Summit
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A SUN Movement Call to Action for Nutrition ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021
A multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approach to nutrition must be front and centre in food systems transformations *Originally published on the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement website.* The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) in September was called for by the UN Secretary General in recognition that current food systems are failing people and the planet alike. […]
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Message of solidarity with the people of Afghanistan
At the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network we are deeply concerned with the news from Afghanistan and the worrying reports of severe hunger crisis due to extreme drought. Even before the Taliban advancement, Afghanistan had one of the world’s highest rates of stunting in children under-5 years old; 40.9% are stunted and 9.5% are […]
LireWorld Breastfeeding Week: Kyrgyzstan are on a mission to protect breastfeeding
In 2019, the Ministry of Health in Kyrgyzstan created a working group to revise the Law « On the Protection of Breastfeeding », the working group included representatives of CSA SUN Kyrgyzstan, who contributed to the development of proposals for the draft of the Law. In the same year, UNICEF arranged a visit from David Clark, a […]
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In 2019, the Ministry of Health in Kyrgyzstan created a working group to revise the Law « On the Protection of Breastfeeding », the working group included representatives of CSA SUN Kyrgyzstan, who contributed to the development of proposals for the draft of the Law. In the same year, UNICEF arranged a visit from David Clark, a specialist in legal support of nutrition programs at UNICEF headquarters. He conducted a training on the monitoring of the law for representatives of the National Center for Maternal and Child Health, specialists of the Ministry of Health, and took part in a round table to discuss the draft Law “On amendments to the Law on the Breastfeeding Protection…”.
CSA SUN Kyrgyzstan helped organize a meeting between UNICEF, David Clark and the Forum of Women MPs, where David Clark made a presentation on the importance of updating the Law in line with the new World Health Assembly resolutions. At this meeting, women MPs reaffirmed their commitment to protecting breastfeeding and pledged to initiate this Law.
In 2020, CSA SUN Kyrgyzstan carried out advocacy work to draw attention to the protection of breastfeeding, which was based on the data obtained during the monitoring of the implementation of the Law « On protection of breastfeeding … » The monitoring results were sent to the ministries, to the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, to 120 members of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic.
With the support of UNICEF, 200 leaflets were developed and replicated (for PMs and for decision-makers from authorized bodies). A telecast on the NTS TV channel was conducted on the mechanisms of responding to violations of the Law « On the Breastfeeding Protection » and on the need to amend the Law. A radio program on « Birinchi Radio » was held about the importance of the Law « On the Breastfeeding Protection… » with the participation of the member of the Parliament Ainuru Altybaeva. Organized publication in « Cactus Media » about violations of the Law and the need to amend this Law. On the TV channel « Ala-too 24 » a conversation was held about the weak points of the Law and the need to make changes. The Public Fund “For Food Security and Nutrition” constantly publishes information on the importance of breastfeeding.
Unfortunately, during the October and subsequent events related to the parliamentary and presidential elections, the reorganization of the Government, amendments to the Constitution, the issue of amendments to the Law was suspended. The documents were lost during unrests and attack on the Parliament building.
After the restoration of all documents, on April 30, 2021, a group of women deputies announced the initiation of the Law on Amendments to the Law « On the Protection of Breastfeeding … » Kyrgyzstan CSA have since contacted the deputies involves – the initiators of the Law on the Protection of Breastfeeding. So far there are no changes, however the process of preparing all supporting documents is underway.
