South Asia Social Development Unit (SASDS) & South Asia Health Nutrition and Population Unit (SASHN)

Cordially invite you to the    South Asia Gender Initiative   Speaker Series  Gender-Inclusive Nutrition Activities in South Asia Chair: Maria Correia, Sector Manager, SASDS Speaker: Dr. Rukshana Haider, TAHN Bangladesh Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Time: 8:30 am (DC), 6:30 PM (Dhaka) Location: MC 3-850 in HQ. Other VC venues and times given below for Dhaka, Delhi, Islamabad, Kathmandu, Kabul and Colombo. Audio Dial In Number:  +1-202-414-3526 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              +1-202-414-3526      end_of_the_skype_highlighting (Breakfast will be served) Agenda: 1. Findings from the Gender-Inclusive Nutrition Activities in South Asia Mapping Study The dissemination note for the study is attached below, and the full report can be downloaded by clicking here. (See attached file: GenderNutritionSAR_Mapping_DisseminationNote.pdf) 2. Presentation by Dr. Haider on TAHN Bangladesh Dr Rukhsana Haider is Chairperson of the Training and Assistance for Health and Nutrition (TAHN) Foundation in Bangladesh. Under Dr. Haider's leadership, the TAHN Foundation supports community-based peer counsellors for improving infant and young child feeding and nutrition, as well as adolescent and maternal nutrition. She is also a senior Technical Adviser to the Gates Foundation's Alive and Thrive project in the country. Prior to TAHN, Dr. Haider spent several years at the World Health Organization (WHO)'s South East Asia Regional Offices as the Adviser for  Nutrition for Health and Development and before that, with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). Dr. Haider holds a PhD in Public Health Nutrition from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.  3. Discussion. External participants should email Mona at iedwards@worldbank.org for more details. VC Venue, Dial Information and Time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Location |Dial Out Number            | Time   | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Dhaka-1      |Dial Out-10.128.87.208      | 6:30 pm| |New Delhi-12 |Dial Out-10.138.103.209 | 6:00 pm| |Islamabad-5 |Dial Out-10.129.215.212 | 5:30 pm| |Kathmandu-4 |Dial Out-10.129.183.211 | 6:15 pm| |Kabul-2      |Dial Out-10.129.231.209 | 5:00 pm| |Colombo-2 |Dial Out-10.129.199.210 | 6:00 pm| |MC3-850VC |Dial Out-138.220.87.63      | 8:30 am| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The SAGE Speaker Series is also supported by AusAid. The authors of the report gratefully acknowledge the support of the South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative (SAFANSI) for this research. SAFANSI is supported by both AusAID and UKaid from the Department for International Development.