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Celebrating Women and Girls: Change Agents for Food and Nutrition Security in Conflict Settings

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 9:00 am - 10:30 am
CSIS Headquarters

Current social movements have focused an overdue spotlight on the disadvantages faced by women and girls around the world. Join us for a discussion of both the challenges of persistent gender inequality and the inspiring strength and resilience of women and girls, especially vis-à-vis their contributions to food and nutrition security in unstable environments.

Natural and manmade disasters often reinforce and even augment gender disparities, undermining women’s prospects for recovery. The long-term and intergenerational consequences of malnutrition are also disproportionately borne by women. In light of compelling evidence that gender-sensitive investments yield impressive returns in agricultural and nutrition programming, are development stakeholders sufficiently focused on women’s empowerment? How can we better harness and leverage the strength of women as change agents in both the humanitarian and development context?

This dialogue is part of the joint CSIS Global Food Security Project and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Liaison Office for North America speaker series on agricultural development.

Featuring
Kavita Ramdas
Former President and CEO, Global Fund for Women & Strategy Advisor, MADRE
Vimlendra Sharan
Director, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Liaison Office for North America (FAOLOW)
Ilaria Sisto
Gender and Capacity Development Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Mara Russell
Director of Food Security and Resilience, CARE-USA
Natacha Stevanovic-Fenn
Senior Sociologist, Gender and Development, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
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Africa, Family Planning, Maternal and Child Health, and Immunizations, Food and Agriculture, Global Food Security Program, Global Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance, International Development, Middle East, North Africa, South America, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Development Policy

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Recurring Storms: Food Insecurity, Political Instability, and Conflict
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January 30, 2017

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