Tamene Adugna – The Hunger Project Global Advocacy

Need help designing seed-related assistance?

April 2, 2014 Tamene AdugnaLeave a comment

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 to help professionals design seed-related assistance. pro provides practical (‘how-to’) guidance and strategic thinking to help professionals design seed-related assistance. Seed system website …

UNCoLSC Recommendations to increase access to, and use of Life-saving commodities

April 1, 2014 Tamene AdugnaLeave a comment

“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 lives of all people.” — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The United Nations …

Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) Policy Brief

April 1, 2014 Tamene AdugnaLeave a comment

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 its Post 2015 Working Group is advocating for a Post 2015 framework that addresses women’s and children’s …

World Health Day 2014: Combating vector-borne diseases

April 1, 2014 Tamene AdugnaLeave a comment

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 every community to get involved in activities that can lead to better health (WHO, …

Climate change threatens to put back the fight to eradicate hunger by decades (OXFAM)

March 26, 2014 Tamene AdugnaLeave a comment

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 Group II (WGII) contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability will be …

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

March 17, 2014 Tamene AdugnaLeave a comment

Olivier De Schutter, a United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, has recently presented a report to the UN Human Rights Council. The Rapporteur called for the world’s food system to be radically and democratically redesigned. (SRFOOD.ORG, 2014). In the final report, Olivier De Schutter presents his main conclusions and a summary of recommendations issued over the …

IFPRI: 2013 Global Food Policy Report

March 13, 2014 Tamene Adugna2 Comments

The International Food Policy Research Institute has launched a 2013 Global Food Policy Report yesterday. The report was launched at the event held at the Institute’s Washington, DC main office. Among the speakers during the report launch event were Dr. Shenggen Fan, Director General of the Institute, and guest speakers Homi Kharas from Brookings Institution, Asma Lateef from Bread for the …

Gender Gap in Education Remains High in Low and Lower Middle Income Countries

March 11, 2014 Tamene AdugnaLeave a comment

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in partnership with United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI), has launched a gender summary report called Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report 2013/14 for this year’s International Women’s Day. According to the report, gender imbalance in global education has left over 100 million young women in low and lower middle income countries …

Celebrating International Woman’s Day 8 March 2014

March 5, 2014 Tamene AdugnaLeave a comment

“Countries with more gender equality have better economic growth. Companies with more women leaders perform better. Peace agreements that include women are more durable. Parliaments with more women enact more legislation on key social issues such as health, education, anti-discrimination and child support. The evidence is clear: equality for women means progress for all.” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon It is …

Increasing homogeneity in global food supplies and the implications for food security (PNAS)

March 4, 2014 Tamene AdugnaLeave a comment

A study by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) shows that global diets have become more similar in composition over the last 50 years. According to the study, “the narrowing of diversity in crop species contributing to the world’s food supplies has been considered a potential threat to food security.” (Khoury et …