USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
This nutrition brief presents a summary of interventions supported by the Maternal Child Survival Program at the country level that aim to improve maternal nutrition in low- and middle-income countries.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Maternal Dietary Diversity and the Implications for Children’s Diets in the Context of Food Security
This technical brief describes findings from the Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project’s study to evaluate the relationship between maternal dietary diversity and children’s dietary intake in three developing countries in different regions.
News and Features
USAID’s Bureau for Food Security is organizing a Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop to advance nutrition-sensitive agriculture programming.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Early Childhood Development Through a Gender Lens: Designing Policies that Work for the Whole Family
The links between early childhood development and women’s economic empowerment were the subject of the fifth annual Birdsall House Conference on Women. The event gathered researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to explore evidence-based solutions that benefit mothers, older sisters, caregivers, and children in a variety of areas, including nutrition and health.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Most workplaces around the world have not yet adopted family-friendly policies. Yet such policies can play an important role in supporting the overall wellbeing of families, helping them excel professionally, financially, academically, and in achieving lifelong health. This policy brief from UNICEF’s Department of Early Childhood Development recommends four specific policies, including one that promotes breastfeeding support and highlights the importance of lifelong nutrition and gender equality.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
As this landmark report points out, families can be, “places of love, care, and fulfillment but, too often, they are also spaces where women’s and girls’ rights are violated, their voices are stifled, and where gender inequality prevails.” To counter this reality, the report proposes affordable family-friendly policies to advance gender equality in a way that helps countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
2019 Annual Trends and Outlook Report: Gender Equality in Rural Africa: From Commitments to Outcomes
The authors use evidence reviews and case studies to demonstrate that increasing female leadership, minimizing women’s institutional barriers, and promoting women’s control of productive assets would produce significant societal gains and reduce the negative impact of gender gaps on African households. The report examines gender in relation to agricultural productivity, shocks and resilience, assets, and trade.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
This seminar shared important messages from an upcoming CGIAR report and book on gender research in agriculture and natural resource management. The publications will synthesize current research and propose a forward-looking agenda for future research in this area. Covered topics include gender in climate-smart agriculture and nutrition-sensitive agriculture programing, among others. Introductory summaries for many of the topics are also available on CGIAR’s website.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
A recent study in Bangladesh, where 36 percent of under‐5 children are stunted, explored the differences in child development between non-stunted and stunted.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Globally, women often face barriers to agricultural supply chains. IDH developed this toolkit to help programmers integrate gender into their supply chain approaches by changing business practices, improving sector governance, and increasing field-level sustainability. The first section of the toolkit provides examples of successful case studies; the second section outlines opportunities for gender integration at different stages in the programming process.