One year after registering our Nutrition for Growth commitments in the Nutrition Accountability Framework, SUN CSN has submitted its first progress update. This is an important accountability milestone as we continue working towards our 2028 ambitions: strengthening cross-country learning between civil society alliances, supporting youth leaders to deliver community-informed advocacy, and advancing civil society advocacy […]
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Budgeting for nutrition: How civil society advocacy in Malawi is getting resources to communities
CSONA, the SUN civil society alliance in Malawi, is proving that advocacy works. By partnering with parliamentary nutrition champions and the SUN Civil Society Network, they’ve fought to secure a bigger national nutrition budget – and to make sure those resources actually reach the districts that need them most. But this isn’t just a story […]
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From commitment to action: civil-society led accountability for nutrition results. Reflections from the East and Southern Africa regional workshop.
From 2–6 March 2026, representatives from 17 Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Civil Society Alliances (CSAs), including 12 from East and Southern Africa (ESA) and five from Anglophone West, Central Africa, and the Islands (WCAI), convened in Gaborone for a regional workshop under the theme ‘strengthening accountable food systems for nutrition security and health’, hosted by Food Bank Botswana. Coming at an important moment – […]
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Applications are now open for the SUN CSN Nutrition Dialogues Youth Advocacy Fund!
Overview The SUN Civil Society Network is offering grants of up to €10,000 to Civil Society Alliances (CSAs) for youth-led community dialogues on nutrition. This funding will amplify the voices of marginalised young people and community members, transforming local conversations into concrete policy asks that influence nutrition decision-making from local to global levels. This opportunity builds on the momentum of the Nutrition […]
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