RMNCAH + Nutrition Advocacy Toolkit Training Workshop
23-25 May 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa The Childrenâs Rights Programme welcomed 22 participants to the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescents Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) Advocacy Toolkit Training Workshop, including representatives of the Lead Implementing Partner organizations, namely Health Promotions Tanzania, Maikhanda Trust and FDC (Foundation for Community Development). Participants also included seven selected youth champions,
Unicef Mission – Field Visit to Kafue, Lusaka, Zambia field visit to Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Services
 21 June 2017, Lusaka, Zambia  As part of a joint UNICEF-GMT advocacy partnership âRealization of the Rights of the African Child: Advancing a holistic agenda for change through advocacy, policy and practiceâ, a high-level advocacy mission to Zambia was carried out in partnership with UNICEF Zambia on 20 to 22 June.
GraŇŤa Machel is the Chair of PMNCH Board, and Member of the High-Level Steering Group for Every Woman, Every Child
In line with the mandate from the UN Secretary-General, every year the Independent Accountability Panel (IAP) for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent issues a report that provides an independent snapshot of progress on delivering promises to the worldâs women, children and adolescents for their health and well-being.. read more...
Strengthening Regional Ties to Promote Accountability for Nutrition Commitments
The Eastern and Southern African Regional Civil Society Network Meeting in Maputo was hosted by the Graça Machel Trust, CARE international and the Civil Society Alliances on Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Secretariat. To formalise a joint regional approach with the key objective of ensuring that governments live up to their commitments on Nutrition.
Delivering high-quality diets in Mozambique
The policy brief launch and high level panel event, hosted by the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, the Foundation for Community Development (FDC), and the Graça Machel Trust, showed how the focus must shift from feeding people to nourishing people, harnessing the power of the private sector, as well as encouraging
Regional Nutrition Partnership with CARE International
May 2017, CARE International (CI) in Southern Africa and Graça Machel Trust (GMT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for joint collaboration on nutrition advocacy in Southern Africa. Read more http://bit.ly/2hdJpd2
The Trust supports and mobilises civil society networks on issues of ending child marriage, ending violence against children, ending female genital mutilation and promoting childrenâs rights, to carry out advocacy and action across Africa. Special focus is placed on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia where child marriage continues to be a problem largely driven by poverty, gender inequality, harmful traditional practices, conflict, low levels of literacy, limited opportunities for girls and weak or non-existent protective and preventive legal frameworks.
Education is a fundamental right for all children, which is also a vehicle for social, economic and political transformation in communities, countries and the African continent at large. Recent studies indicate a lack of progress in some of the critical commitments aimed at improving education quality, access, retention and achievement, particularly for girls. In most African countries, girls may face barriers to learning, especially when they reach post-primary levels of education. By implementing multi-dimensional approaches to education which includes core education, personal development, life skills and economic competencies, the Trust partners with funding partners, governments, civil societies and the private sector to improve education access.
The Nutrition and Reproductive, Maternal, New-born, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, (RMNCAH+N) of the Childrenâs Rights and Development Programme aims at promoting the Global Strategy for women, children and adolescentsâ health within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. The strategy emphasises on the importance of effective country leadership as a common factor across countries making progress in improving the health of women, children and adolescents.
Through its Early Childhood Development (ECD) plan, The Trust will seek to put into action the new science and evidence Report that was presented by Lancet Series on Good and early development – the right of every child. This will be achieved by mobilising like-minded partners to contribute in the new science and evidence to reach all young children with ECD. The Trustâs goal is to be a catalyst for doing things differently, in particular, to rid fragmentation and lack of coordination across ECD sectors. In response to evidence showing the importance of political will in turning the tide against the current poor access and quality of ECD. Even before conception, starting with a motherâs health and social economic conditions, the early years of a childâs life form a fundamental foundation that determines whether a child will survive and thrive optimally.