WUNRN
NUTRITION BAROMETER - NATIONAL
RESPONSES TO CHILDREN'S UNDERNUTRITION - GIRLS
Direct Link to Full 30-Page 2012
Report:
FAO - Gender & Nutrition
http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/al184e/al184e00.pdf
*Malnutrition is found in both developed and developing countries. Malnutrition takes an uneven toll on poor women and their children, leading directly or indirectly to an estimated 30% of all child deaths.
*Vulnerable women are at greater risk of malnutrition than men, and more girls die of malnutrition than boys.
*In many societies, men and boys are given priority when meals are served. This can contribute to undernutrition in women and girls.
*Malnutrition in mothers, especially those who are pregnant or beastfeeding, can set up a cycle of deprivation that increases the likelihood of low birth weight, child mortality, serious disease, poor classroom performance.....
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UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food - "Our Secret Weapon Against Hunger: Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment"
"Strengthening the status of women and their decision-making power within the household over the family budget, in particular, entails important benefits both for household food security and for children's health, nutrition and education. This is why no food security strategy is likely to succeed without taking into account this dimension."......
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BANGKOK (AlertNet) – Countries with the highest numbers of malnourished children urgently need to step up the way they respond to the problem in order to prevent millions of unnecessary deaths, according to a joint report produced by charities Save the Children and World Vision.The “Nutrition Barometer”, which provides a snapshot of national governments’ commitments to addressing children’s nutrition, found that of 36 countries, where 90 percent of the world’s malnourished children live, almost a quarter have shown little progress in tackling the crisis......
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