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Highlights
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Namibia UN Country Team celebrated Nelson Mandela Day. As of the activities, WFP Namibia visited Otjomuise Primary School in the informal settlement of Windhoek and handed over food items to children in pre-primary.
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As part of mainstreaming gender through programmes, WFP staff participated in a two-day training workshop on Mainstreaming Gender into United Nations Partnership Framework (UNPAF). The workshop was aimed at equipping UN Staff including WFP and government partners with skills and knowledge required to integrate WFP Namibia gender throughout the UNPAF development process.
Operational Updates
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Every year on International Nelson Mandela Day (18 July), people around the world are asked to dedicate 67 minutes of their time towards a global movement for good, representing the 67 years Mandela devoted his life to the service of humanity. This year, WFP jointly commemorated Nelson Mandela Day with other UN Agencies. WFP Namibia staff donated food to a school and clothing items to an orphanage. This initiative contributes to national efforts that are aimed at ending hunger and poverty in Namibia.
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Gender equality and equity as well as women’s empowerment are essential to achieve food and nutrition security in Namibia. The UN Development System plays a critical role in ensuring that a gender perspective is properly reflected in national development processes and has the responsibility to address gender equality through operational activities for development in Namibia. In an effort to strengthen capacity and promote gender equality through its programmes, WFP participated in a two-day training workshop in Windhoek from 12 – 13 July 2017. The training focused on strengthening the capacity of UN staff and government partners to acquire gender analysis skills and create a pool of gender advocates in gender mainstreaming within the UN programmes, guided by the United Nations Partnership Framework. Moreover, WFP has been committed to mainstreaming gender throughout its work in Namibia. Through the country office Gender Action Plan, WFP will build the capacity of women and men through training and by strengthening food assessment reporting systems for the generation of gender disaggregated data. Furthermore, the Gender Action Plan seeks to provide a deeper analysis for gender sensitive programming for all national food and nutrition security programmes.
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As part of advocacy for zero hunger in Namibia, WFP in collaboration with the National Planning Commission, the Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare and other line ministries facilitated and provided coordination support for the production of the Zero hunger Newsletter Volume two, Issue one of 2017. This bi-annual publication showcases efforts that the Government of Namibia and partners are making towards achieving zero hunger in Namibia. Since its inception in 2016, the newsletter has been a key resource in understanding different ministry activities that are linked to the Government goals of eradicating poverty, ending hunger and achieving food and nutrition security.