Enhancing Online Review Integrity to Protect Consumers in Indonesia
In a world where digital footprints deeply influence consumer behaviour, the integrity of online reviews is paramount. Recognising the challenges and opportunities presented by user-generated content (UGC), the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS), supported by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), hosted a webinar in February 2024 focused on the implications of UGC for consumer protection in Indonesia. Complementing this discussion, a detailed policy paper, "Understanding the Landscape of Online Reviews in Indonesia from the Perspectives of Platforms and Consumers", has been launched to provide comprehensive analysis and actionable recommendations.
International Youth Day 2024
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International Youth Day is celebrated annually on 12 August to bring youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrate the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society.
Nourishing Futures: The Opportunity of Investing in Child Nutrition
“Be the voice of the children” - that was a key messages of a panel discussion held at the 2024 Sankalp Africa Summit on a sunny morning in Nairobi. It focused on how investors and those who work with them can adapt their approaches to better support children’s nutrition. Among the five panellists — representing GAIN, the World Food Programme, UNICEF, Save the Children, and a local enterprise, Shalem Investment Limited — the motivation for doing this was clear. Children are the future, comprising nearly half of the African population at present and growing fast — expected to reach 1 billion by 2055. They thus have the potential to accelerate development not only in Africa but worldwide. But that potential is currently limited by malnutrition.
GAIN Working Paper Series n°39 - Impact of Gender Norms on Children’s Diets
To better understand the primary pathways through which gender norms impact children’s diets, this scoping review examines recent literature on gender issues related to child feeding in LMICs. It seeks to identify trends that occur within specific populations and cross-culturally. The findings will support increased gender sensitivity across GAIN programmes.
The Food Systems Countdown Initiative Policy Report 2023
Food systems are a foundation of human and planetary well-being and central to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet they also contribute to ill health, inequity, environmental degradation, and greenhouse gas emissions. These challenges demand urgent food systems transformation. Such a transformation requires understanding the status of food systems across their diverse functions.
Over 70 Nutrition, Disability Rights, and Health Policy Organisations Support Important WHO Initiative on Food Fortification
50 organisations representing the global nutrition and child health communities are calling on the executive board of the WHO to support the resolution "Accelerating efforts for preventing micronutrient deficiencies, spina bifida and other neural tube defects through safe and effective food fortification."
GAIN Working Paper Series 31 - creating "moments with mothers"
This working paper describes the application of the Behaviour Centred Design (BCD) framework to develop the 'Moments with Mothers' campaign, an intervention to improve IYCF practices supporting pregnant women, mothers, and other caregivers in Nacala Porto and Mossuril, Nampula province.
Facilitating an enabling environment for food fortification in Pakistan
Food fortification is a safe and cost-effective strategy for improving diets and preventing or correcting micronutrient deficiencies. But industries delivering fortified foods are subjected to very high (around 60%) rates of import duties and taxes in Pakistan.