Individual Project Overview

Name: Laila Rubab Jaskani Country: PakistanJob Title and Employer: ADVOCACY & DONOR LIAISON ADVISOR, SANGTANI, WRDOCategory of workplace: LOCAL GOVERNMENT U.S. Placement: WELCOMING ATLANTA, MAYOR’S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANTS AFFAIRS Project Theme(s): “Developing Advocacy and Campaign Strategy and Action Planning for public advocacy on improved food fortification and Nutrition through legislation in Pakistan”.

Project Objective: To develop advocacy and campaign strategy for public advocacy on improved food fortification and nutrition legislation

Framing the Issue: Food and nutrition is a major issue in Pakistan

1. 58% of households in Pakistan are food insecure and 30% are experience hunger2. There is lack of legislation, public policies, and implementation on food fortification and

nutrition3. Hunger is correlated to poverty, children from households in the lowest income quintile

were twice as likely to be underweight than children from the highest income quintile.

Project Timeframe: December, 2015 to April, 2016

Action Plan Desk review of food fortification and nutrition policy landscape in Pakistan Stakeholders mapping tool to influence food fortification and nutrition legislation and

policies Situation analysis Disseminations of advocacy Blogs, letters to editors and advocacy letters to legislators for making Nutrition and Food

fortification mandatory through legislation in Pakistan

Impact and Involvement People impacted by the project: Citizens of Pakistan particularly Women and Children People directly involved in the project: Media, SUN Movement, GAIN, MIS, American

Counterparts, World Learning, World Merit International

Long-term vision: To influence policy makers and parliamentarians for formulation and implementation of public policies and legislation for making nutrition and food fortification mandatory in Pakistan.