Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Re: CFS policy process on the development of the Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition

Girl Powered Nutrition (GPN) is a global programme run by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) through their Member Organisations (MO) in four countries – Madagascar, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Tanzania – chosen because of their high prevalence of adolescent malnutrition amongst girls. WAGGGS is the largest voluntary movement dedicated to girls and young women in the world with 10 million members across 150 countries.

Funded by Nutrition International, the GPN programme promotes girl led change through education on the importance of a balanced, healthy lifestyle and enabling girls to be agents of change at local, national and global levels in the fight to stop malnutrition continuing from one generation to the next.

By mid-2020, our aims are:

  • For 195,000 Girl Guides across all the participating MOs to have completed the GPN badge and have improved knowledge and attitude to make healthy choices
  • For 390,000 additional girls/community members to have improved knowledge and attitude to make healthy choices for girls and themselves through community actions
  • For young women (Advocacy Champions) to attend and speak out at national and global events as experts in adolescent nutrition to influence decision makers that adolescent nutrition is prioritised
  • As a result of the GPN programme we want a future where healthy and well-nourished girls will be able to reach their full potential and will feel confident and empowered to take actions to break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition.

After consultation with our girl guide ‘Advocacy Champions’ around the world, we are responding to the Committee on World Food Security consultation on the development of the voluntary guidelines on food systems and nutrition because we know that girls need to be healthy and well-nourished if they are to reach their full potential. Part of the Girl Powered Nutrition programme is advocacy: influencing national and global decision-makers of the importance of making girls nutrition a global priority. WAGGGS is using programme findings to influence decision makers and create global policy changes. Please see attached file for our consultation response. 

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