Over the last year, TB-affected communities, civil society, academics and diplomats have been working tirelessly in preparation for the second UN High-Level Meeting on TB, which took place in New York on 22 September, as part of the UN General Assembly . The High-Level Meeting (HLM) represented the biggest political moment for TB, convening heads of state, political leaders, parliamentarians, policy makers and other UN agencies. The objective of the...
To mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty last week (17 October), we spoke to Arafat Kabugo, who is based in Uganda and advocates for improved reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. We spoke to him about the current health challenges in Uganda and why it is so important that young people are involved in the process of designing solutions that have a direct impact on their lives.
In discussions about lived experience of nutrition, it doesn't take long for issues of gender equality to emerge. Women eating last and least in households is a phenomenon experienced all over the world, linked to both economic factors and cultural norms.
It also reflects another truth about the multiple inequalities faced by women and girls globally: ...
In our September grassroots conference call, we focused on the issue of nutrition, with just weeks to go now before the important Nutrition for Growth Summit in early December. But that's not all! With the UN climate conference (COP-26) coming up in Glasgow, there's a great opportunity to use this UK Government priority to show the impact climate change has on food security, hunger and nutrition - see the links below.
We were privileged to hear from nutrition advocacy expert Meaza...
Being healthy should not be a privilege: health is a fundamental human right. Given that our health depends on being able to eat meals that contain the vital nutrients our bodies need to survive and thrive - nutrition is also a human right, and shouldn’t be reserved to those who are privileged.
Malnutrition shows inequalities
Being malnourished takes many different forms. Undernutrition conditions include being wasted (dangerously thin for your height), stunted (...
The RESULTS International Conference (20-21 June) was a gathering unique in the organisation’s history. As well as celebrating the 40 th anniversary of RESULTS, it was our first virtual conference, and our largest ever gathering, with some 800 attendees from over 20 countries, with grassroots advocates and people with lived experience of poverty and oppression from both the US and around the world.
The conference came at a time when the Black Lives Matter movement rightly reinforces...
Like all of us at RESULTS UK, I have been watching events in the United States unfold with growing horror and dismay. While Minneapolis may seem far away, the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and many other black people speak to the systemic racist structures that are not just limited to the US, but have powerful resonance and relevance in the UK given our country’s own historical legacy and present-day struggle with racism and inequality.
Last Sunday, I joined this year’s ‘March4Women’ in London: the annual event from CARE International UK to mark International Women’s Day . Each year on 8 March, International Women’s Day is an opportunity to reflect on women’s rights and gender equality around the world. Despite warnings of snow and the ‘Beast from the East’, 7,000 other people, both men and women, braved the weather to...
To celebrate International Women’s Day, I spoke to Dr Naseer Nizamani, Country Director of Nutrition International in Pakistan, about the importance of good nutrition for women and girls and why malnutrition must be addressed for progress on gender equality.
For more information on malnuntrition in Pakistan, take a look at our...
Last Wednesday, 20 smart, passionate and inspiring 14 and 15 year olds from across the UK assembled in London for a day of action in Parliament. Their mission? To call on MPs and decision makers to address the global learning crisis and invest more money in global education through the Global Partnership for Education.
This guest blog on the day comes from Lucy Owen, one of the 20 Campaign Champions representing 300,000 young people.
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