A virtual conference exploring innovative actions to advance gender and research in global food systems.

 Date: Tuesday-Friday, 12-15 October 2021

Time: 15:30-21:30 (UTC+8)

In this event hosted by CGIAR Gender Platform and Wageningen University & Research (as EU Gender-Smart partner), different panels made up of representatives from research, civil society, practice, policy, private sector and donors shared insights on the importance of ‘gender + research’ and ‘gender + integration’ in guiding positive transformations in food systems and societies worldwide. 

The four-day program generated innovative, conceptually sound, and influential gender+research work while widening and strengthening the networks of researchers dedicated to advancing gender and social inclusion in aquatic food systems. 

WorldFish scientists participated in the below sessions:

 

Tuesday, 12 October 2021

15:30-17:00 (UTC+8) - WorldFish’s Cynthia McDougall presented in the session ‘COVID-19 Experiences of Women Fish Processors and Traders in Africa: Insights from transdisciplinary research’ - Watch the recording

 

Wednesday, 13 October 2021

15:30-17:00 (UTC+8) - WorldFish’s Rahma Adam presented in the session ‘Systemic Analysis of Value Chains and Implications for Intervention’ - Watch the recording

17:30 – 19:00 (UTC+8) - WorldFish’s Surendran Rajaratnam presented in the session ‘Gender Dynamics in Value Chains beyond Production Node and Single Commodity Analysis’ - Watch the recording

17:30 – 19:00 (UTC+8) - WorldFish’s Mark Dubois participated in the session ‘The Challenges of Interdisciplinary Projects’ - Watch the recording

22:00 – 23:30 (UTC+8) - WorldFish’s Afrina Choudhury presented in the session ‘Understanding the Needs of Women Farmers and Rural Women Entrepreneurs: New Research and Frameworks to Support their Efforts’ - Watch the recording

 

Thursday, 14 October 2021

15:30-17:00 (UTC+8) - Session: Gender Norms and Normative Change - Watch the recording

WorldFish’s Anouk Ride presented on ‘Balancing the canoe - community based resource management and gender in Pacific coastal fisheries’

WorldFish’s S. M. Faridul Haque presented on ‘Gender dynamics: Barriers, opportunities and risks in aquaculture and agriculture sector in northwest Bangladesh’

 

15:30-17:00 (UTC+8) - Session: Addressing Gender Gaps and Exclusions in Research and Practice - Watch the recording

WorldFish’s Sarah Lawless presented on ‘Diluting gender equality: the case of small-scale fisheries’

WorldFish’s Cynthia McDougall presented on ‘Conceptualizing and Assessing Inclusion and Exclusion in Community-based Natural Resource Management: A New Framework and Tool’

 

Thursday, 14 October 2021

22:00 – 23:30 (UTC+8) - Cynthia McDougall presented in the session ‘Gender Transformative Approaches: Methods and findings’ - Watch the recording

 

Friday, 15 October 2021

15:30-17:00 (UTC+8) - WorldFish’s Jacqueline Lau presented in the session ‘Securing Livelihoods’ - Watch the recording

17:30 – 19:00 (UTC+8) - WorldFish’s Cynthia McDougall presented in a book-based session ‘Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research’ - Watch the recording

 

Acknowledgment note: The event recordings have been supplied by CGIAR Gender Platform.

For more information on the event agenda, themes, perspectives and expected outcomes, explore here.

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