| Targeted location (aggregate) |
National - Whole country, yet most likely focusing on Windhoek (capital city). |
|---|---|
| Verification status | Verified Find out more |
Commitment description
NAFSAN will actively advocate for an improved environment for breastfeeding mothers and their children through:
1) Engaging lawmakers regarding legislative improvements to current maternity leave in terms of duration and benefits, as well as the possibility of paternity leave.
2) Engaging government and private sector entities to commit to creating a much more breastfeeding friendly environment through dedicated spaces and policies.
Commitment goals
More workplaces in Namibia provide breastfeeding friendly environments for lactating mothers.
- Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Food environment
- Goal SMARTness index: High
- Progress status: No response
Legislation related to increased maternity leave and improved maternity benefits has been passed.
- Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Leadership and governance
- Goal SMARTness index: High
- Progress status: No response
Global Nutrition Targets
Exclusive breastfeeding
Nutrition Action Classification across all goals
Enabling
- Financial
- Operational
- Leadership and governance
- Research monitoring and data
Policy
- Food environment
- Food supply chain
- Consumer knowledge
- Nutrition care services
Impact
- Undernutrition
- Diet
- Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Food and nutrition security
N4G themes covered by goals
- Food
- Health
- Resilience
- Data
- Financing
Total funding and costs across all goals
| Funders | European Union (EU) |
|---|---|
| Funding mechanism | Main funding from the EU. Additional funding still to be sourced. |
| Cost secured | Main funding from the EU, over 50% (> N$ 1,000,000) already secured. |
| Total costs estimated | Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed |
| Currency | (NAD) - Namibian dollar |
| Cost amount | 2,000,000.0 |
| $USD equivalent | 121,571.4286 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021) |
