A high-level side-event for the 62nd session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
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Objectives
- Promote a constructive dialogue to enhance the exchange of good practices among rural women, national Governments, international Institutions, NGOs and other stakeholders.
- Promote a constructive dialogue to enhance the exchange of good practices among rural women, national Governments, international Institutions, NGOs and other stakeholders.
- Value the existing instruments and explore innovative initiatives to improve the conditions of women in agriculture.
- Consider the opportunity to create an international rural women network to establish a constructive dialogue on gender-sensitive challenges and solutions.
- Advocate for political leadership and seek opportunities to mobilize new resources for rural women and girls’ nutrition under the Decade of Action on Nutrition.
Speakers
Moderator
Ms. Nazneen Damji, Policy Advisor, Gender Equality, HIV and Health, UNWOMEN
Welcoming remarks
H.E. Teresa Bellanova, Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Italy
Dr Nata Menabde, Executive Director, WHO office at the UN
Key note speaker
Her Honour Madam Inonge Mutukwa Wina, Vice President of the Republic of Zambia
Panellists
Ms. Laura Bargione, Woman farmer winning the De@Terra Award
Ms. Giorgia Pontetti, Woman farmer winning the De@Terra Award
Ms. Emilia Nardi, Woman farmer winning the De@Terra Award
Ms. Mariangela Costantino,
Woman farmer winning the De@Terra Award
Sponsors: Italy, World Health Organization, Zambia