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accelerated roll-out and experience sharing in providing healthy and locally sourced meals for school children
Trends in Child Stunting
Ethiopia has also made important progress in the reduction of child undernutrition in the last decade. According to the 2011 DHS survey, approximately 44.2% of Ethiopian children under-five were suffering from low height for their age (stunting), which represents an…
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The Cooperative Facility for Africa (COOPAFRICA), a regional technical cooperation programme of the International Labour Organization (ILO), argues strongly that cooperatives can play an important role in overcoming these barriers in Africa. Regardless of the sector, they belong to,…
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Dr Joyce Banda, former president of Malawi, has aptly commented that “the potential of the African continent is intrinsically linked with the potential of its women and we must work together to ensure that this potential is realised.” Gender equality and women’s empowerment are…
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The evaluation of the MDGs has shown that there is progress in promoting women in leadership position. Despite the progress, there is a lack of female representation in local governance is an overarching concern across the African continent. This is due in part to institutionalized…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) reported in 2016 that more than one million sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are contracted worldwide every day. STIs, have a profound impact on sexual and reproductive health worldwide. Despite considerable efforts to identify simple…
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While gender-based violence (GBV) is not a problem unique to Africa, there is little doubt that the extent of the problem persists more severely on the continent than elsewhere in the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that, in 2013, 35% of women worldwide had…
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There is a need in Africa to stimulate trade that is inclusive and employment intensive and this, according to a 2012 report by the World Bank, can be achieved by encouraging and supporting intra-regional trade. The African Union’s Agenda 2063 expressly calls for an integrated…
