{"id":2799,"date":"2019-05-27T13:55:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T13:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracamacheltrust.org\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:49:18","slug":"the-gender-dimension-of-child-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/nutrition-highlight\/the-gender-dimension-of-child-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gender Dimension of Child Hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-2800 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rachel-and-mum-400x156.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rachel-and-mum-400x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"856\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27856%27%20height%3D%27334%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20856%20334%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27856%27%20height%3D%27334%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rachel-and-mum-200x78.jpg 200w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rachel-and-mum-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rachel-and-mum-400x156.jpg 400w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rachel-and-mum-500x195.jpg 500w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rachel-and-mum-600x234.jpg 600w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rachel-and-mum-700x273.jpg 700w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rachel-and-mum-768x300.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rachel-and-mum-800x313.jpg 800w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rachel-and-mum.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust\u2019s Nutrition Programme Manager, Ms. Rachel Toku-Appiah presented on the effects of hunger and nutrition as well as how issues of gender influence the outcome of our continent\u2019s nutritional status. This presentation took place during the second session at the eighth International Policy Conference on the African Child in Addis Ababa on 23 May 2019, themed &#8211; <em>Child Hunger: What we know<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is an overview of her presentation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 0px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2799-1\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Rachel-video-clip.mp4?_=1\" \/><source type=\"\" src=\"\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Rachel-video-clip.mp4\">https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Rachel-video-clip.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The importance of nutrition is critical to human development, its adverse effects on the individual and how it affects national and ultimately the continent\u2019s economic development. <strong>The main<\/strong> <strong>focus <\/strong>of the Nutrition Programme is to advocate for governments to make nutrition a development priority.<\/p>\n<p>When unpacking the <em>Gender Dimension of Child Hunger<\/em>, first consider that a woman\u2019s nutritional status (what she ingests, her dietary intake and the state of her health and wellbeing). All this directly impacts the next generation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maternal undernutrition contributes to low birth weight, preterm births, stunting and risk of neonatal death and therefore;<\/li>\n<li>gender inequality is a cause as well as an effect of hunger and malnutrition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In order to address the hunger and malnutrition challenges, we need to address these negative gender practices that are put into effect by institutions, the political and development landscape and economic structure. This is why if we are to meet the targets set by the Sustainable Development Goals\u2019 2030 Agenda and Africa\u2019s Agenda 2063, a multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder effort is essential to effectively address hunger and malnutrition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Build on the local context and promote gender sensitive elements in integrated multisectoral nutrition policies, programmes and actions\n<ul>\n<li>A gender policy containing a set of general principles accepted by all can provide a general framework for projects and programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Adopt a lifecycle approach that prioritises adolescents<\/li>\n<li>Close the gaps on financing, evidence and data<\/li>\n<li>Support equal rights and access to employment, land and other resources such as right to food, equal access to education and reproductive health and family planning<\/li>\n<li>Advocate for the equal representation of women and men in decision- making positions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/nutrition\/\"><strong>Read more on our Nutrition Programme<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust\u2019s Nutrition Programme Manager, Ms. Rachel Toku-Appiah  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[742,113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-nutrition-highlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}