Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Year of Action - Launch Event
The Governments of Canada and Bangladesh, in partnership with the Government of Japan and with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, cordially invite you to the launch of a Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Year of Action.
The event will showcase new policy and financing commitments to nutrition from a range of stakeholders and will formally launch a Nutrition For Growth Year of Action, that includes milestone events leading up to the Summit in Tokyo in late December 2021.
Details:
Monday, 14 December 2020, 9:00 - 11:00 EST
Speakers:
Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Agnes Kalibata, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Gerda Verburg, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Coordinator of the SUN Movement
Andrew Morley, CEO World Vision International
and many more
A (2020) predicted that without timely action, the COVID-19 pandemic would result in dramatic increases in wasting. We know that women and girls will suffer some of the worst consequences of economic disruptions and reduced nutrition services. Recommitting to nutrition as a central component of COVID response and recovery, and as a long-term development priority, is the only sure way to deliver on the and the Sustainable Development Goals. The time to act is now!
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