Commitment

Improve nutrition for women, girls and children by 2030 through integrating nutrition-specific and nutrition sensitive objectives and interventions into multiple sectors

Government / United Kingdom

April 2022 — March 2030

Description

The UK will work to ensure that all relevant UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) partnerships and investments in areas that address humanitarian assistance, health, climate, economic development and sustainable agriculture consider improving nutrition for women, girls and children as part of their objectives and score programmes against the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nutrition policy marker (NPM) at the point of design. The commitment to using the NPM will support programme teams to ensure that they plan for and monitor the impact of their programmes on nutrition.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Nutrition policy commitment

Description

The UK commits to improving nutrition for women, girls and children by integrating nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive objectives and interventions into multiple sectors, including health, women and girls, humanitarian assistance, climate and economic development partnerships and investments.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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SMARTness index
Lower moderate
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Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Economic status of country
  • Gender identity
Global nutrition target(s)
Childhood wasting
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Leadership and governance
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food systems
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data

Measurement

Key indicator Proportion of programmes delivering nutrition objectives per year
Measurement plan Collect own data
Value Measurement date
Baseline No 2022
Target Yes March 2030

Progress

Value Measurement date Status
Progress report Progress not able to be assessed
Despite the commitment maker’s active participation in the process, they were unable to provide the required information about the baseline data or the progress indicator’s updated (latest) level or status.
Progress report None Unknown

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