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Watch the Instagram live here<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

By Jan Butter, World Vision<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cElevating Community Voices from the Nutrition Dialogues<\/a>, hosted by SDG2 Advocacy Hub<\/a>\u2019\u2019s CEO Paul Newnham, also featured Kenyan Siamola Murundo from The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition – GAIN<\/a>, Barbara Asare from World Vision<\/a> in Ghana and Finian Ali from SUN Civil Society Network<\/a>, in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The discussion revealed that the Nutrition Dialogues were spotlighting the particular struggles children and young people were facing as a result of poor, irregular access to healthy, nutritious food.<\/p>\n

Key Issues Highlighted<\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n

\u2022Malnutrition and Sexual Abuse<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

Finian Ali, who has facilitated 18 community dialogues to date, said he had been struck by a correlation between malnutrition and sexual abuse:<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the participants shared because she\u2019s hungry, because she\u2019s not well fed, because she\u2019s malnourished then she became vulnerable to sexual exploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malnutrition is, he explained, forcing young people to have to exchange sex for money to buy food.<\/p>\n

\u2022Child Marriage and Labor<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

This was endorsed by Barbara Asare, who said this abuse extends to child marriage, a particular threat especially when harvests fail and famine looms:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year [Ghana] had a drought because of the erratic rainfall. The crops failed\u2026 and girls were given out in exchange for food and livestock.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that malnutrition and hunger can also push children into potentially hazardous child labour on farms.<\/p>\n

Positive Outcomes from the Nutrition Dialogues<\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n

The participants also revealed that the Nutrition Dialogues has led to some positive calls from children and young people on what could be done to secure better nutrition in the future.<\/p>\n

\u2022School Feeding Programmes in Kenya<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

Knowing the transformative impact of school feeding, Siamola Murundo celebrated the Kenyan governments\u2019 school meals programmes, which Kenyan children were grateful for. He stressed that such programmes contribute to improved performance resulting from increased school attendance.<\/p>\n

However, it is critical to address food safety aspects in school feeding programmes. Thus, GAIN, through Catalysing Strengthen Policy Action for Healthy Diets and Resilience (CASCADE Project<\/b>), is working with the Government of Kenya to build the capacity of officers working in public health laboratories, sub-national policy actors and private service providers supplying food to schools, on compliance to food safety standards and policy frameworks.<\/p>\n

\u2022GAIN\u2019s Broader Initiatives<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

The challenges related to limited resource allocation to nutrition by the government and siloed approaches in the implementation of healthy diets can be addressed through the nutrition dialogues. To this end, GAIN is working with the SUN movement and the Government of Kenya to strengthen coordination of stakeholders in policy implementation and coordination through its various projects.<\/p>\n

Siamola reiterated that it is important to strengthen partnerships and coordination of stakeholders, including the private sector, who are also key players in the food systems value chain and should be involved in decision-making processes.<\/p>\n

He shared an example of the Vegetable for All Project<\/b> in Kenya, which contributes to improving nutritious diets through increased consumption of safe vegetables and greater use of vegetables in Kenyan cuisine by more than one (1) million low-income consumers.<\/p>\n

Youth Recommendations from Nigeria\u2019s Dialogues<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

Finian shared that recommendations from young people in Nigeria\u2019s dialogues included:<\/p>\n

\u2022Encouraging schools to set up gardens so children and young people can learn how to produce food themselves.<\/p>\n

\u2022Dialogue participants also said they wanted better labelling on food packaging so they could make better decisions on what and how much food and drink to consume.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

Paul Newnham concluded the half-an-hour broadcast by stressing that the Nutrition Dialogues are a critical opportunity to call for more ambitious and coordinated action by governments, donors and civil society for better #nutrition<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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