The Arab Network for Food Sovereignty (ANFS), represented by APN Advocacy Officer Zeina Fakhriddin, was nominated to represent the region at the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Forum on women’s empowerment in the context of food security and nutrition on 25/09/2017.
Ms. Fakhriddin was joined by a group of women’s activists, unionists and farmers from across the world who shared their experiences, expertise, struggles and their vision on future female empowerment in the context of the agriculture and agri-food sector. The Forum focused on challenges and persisting barriers to women’s empowerment, and it looked at concrete examples of addressing gender gaps in agriculture. The forum also discussed the role of CFS in advancing women’s empowerment, women’s rights and gender equality.
During the plenary, Ms. Fakhriddin was nominated to give an intervention on the disastrous roles of conflict, war and occupation as undeniable drivers of women disempowerment and global food insecurity (Link for the intervention).
