by Tamene Adugna | Apr 2, 2014 | Data, Food Security, Livelihoods
Seed System is a collaboration among diverse national and international organizations aiming to improve seed security in high stress and vulnerable areas across the world. Their new website seedsystem.org provides practical (‘how- to”) guidance and strategic thinking...
by Tamene Adugna | Apr 1, 2014 | Activism, Gender, Health, Livelihoods, Meetings, SDGs
“Every Woman Every Child. This focus is long overdue. With the launch of the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health, we have an opportunity to improve the health of hundreds of millions of women and children around the world, and in so doing, to improve the...
by Tamene Adugna | Apr 1, 2014 | Activism, Gender, Health, Livelihoods, Meetings, Observances, SDGs
The Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), which The Hunger Project (THP) is part of, disclosed a policy brief on “Placing Healthy Women and Children at the Heart of the Post 2015 Sustainable Development Framework” on 31 March 2014. PMNCH through...
by Tamene Adugna | Apr 1, 2014 | Health, Livelihoods, Meetings, Observances, Reports, SDGs, WASH
World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Heath Organization (WHO) in 1948. Each year a theme is selected that highlights a priority area of public health. The Day provides an opportunity for individuals in...
by Tamene Adugna | Mar 26, 2014 | Food Security, Meetings, Reports, Right to Food, SDGs
The 38th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) opened yesterday in Yokohama Japan. According to the IPCC news briefing, governments meet in Japan from 25 March 2014 until 30 March 2014 to discuss a major scientific report by IPCC. The Working...