The G8 draws to a close
We got the final communiqué today, the announcement was followed by a flurry of activity in the media centre as people read through and responded to the 16-page document. It’s a mixed picture. There’s...
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We must be guided by children’s opinions
“Who was looking for quotes?” Hafsat, 17, from Nigeria, had come over to ask as I talked with a colleague at a meeting of Save the Children’s Global Children Panel in London this week. This young woman...
View ArticleMy week on the global panel
I recently spent the past week doing some amazing, energetic, and also important things on the Global Panel. I joined young people from other countries like Colombia, Nigeria, South Africa, to express...
View ArticleCommitments to women’s and children’s health come under the spotlight
In a previous blog post I wrote that I had been helping to review a report written by the Partnership on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH). Today the report – Analysing Commitments to Advance...
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Placing communities at the heart of what we do
Save the Children is committed to making itself accountable to the children and communities it works with and for. A key element of this commitment is the need to establish Complaints Response...
View ArticleDear G8, 1 billion people who never see a health worker is far too many
On the one hand, the G8’s latest accountability report, monitoring progress on the 60 development commitments that have been made over the past 11 years, makes impressive reading. According to their...
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Whose job is it to tackle malnutrition? How we can use the Nutrition Report...
For millions of people whose lives are blighted by malnutrition, 8 June 2013 should prove to be a great moment. On that day, the Nutrition for Growth bonanza brought together on an massive scale,...
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Budget advocacy: key to accountability – and a better nutrition deal for...
by Sylvia Szabo and Hugh Bagnall-Oakley Accountability – a buzzword for both the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – is not only an important concept, but a...
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Bridging accountability gaps in Nigeria to boost children’s nutrition
by Sylvia Szabo, Nutrition Policy and Advocacy Adviser, and Denis Kovalenko, Corporate Grant Manager According to the 2013 Democratic Health Survey (NDHS), 37% of children under the age of five –...
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From Agreement to Action: First steps for implementing the Sustainable...
Shirleen, 15, is a secondary school student from the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Asked what is most important to her in the post-2015 framework, she said, “Education, because without education you...
View ArticleProtecting children is the most important thing we do
Many of you will have been shocked by the widely reported behaviour of some former Oxfam staff members in Haiti. Like you, and like people across Oxfam, our sector and the UK public, I am utterly...
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Is civic space the cornerstone of universal health coverage?
The march progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) is gaining momentum. More and more countries are passing legislation and developing policy frameworks, guidelines and implementation plans in...
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Who counts?
This blog was written by Lilei Chow, Senior Policy and Advocacy Adviser, and Chiara Orlassino, Research Adviser. The world is severely off track in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a...
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From lip-service to genuine accountability: how to monitor the pledge to...
A new report released today on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offers a message of hope. In suggesting governments are starting to step up their efforts to meet the SDGs and ensure no one is...
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