Call For Participants -- Oxfam International - Online GROW discussion Nov 19-30: Making the food system work for women

[Razwan Nabin]

Dear BYMCian,

Ten experts, ten essays, one topic: Making the food system work for women. Join Oxfam’s global online policy discussion from November 19-30, 2012

 

Oxfam will be hosting an online discussion about how to achieve food justice for women, running for two weeks November 19-30. This is the first in a series of online discussions to help deepen Oxfam’s understanding of the issues that drive our GROW campaign. The discussion will take place at http://blogs.oxfam.org/grow.

 

The purpose: reframe the discourse on food security from the perspective of women’s rights and women’s agency. Rather than critique the current state of affairs, the discussion will seek to generate bold proposals for building a collective agenda to advance gender justice within the food system.

 

This is an opportunity for Oxfam to strengthen its GROW Campaign, in dialogue with concerned people around the globe, by reinforcing the focus on gender justice.

 

We have invited 10 experts – academics, activists, entrepreneurs and partners – to write short essays to get the discussion started. Each essay articulates a unique vision for how to tackle the systemic and institutional power imbalances between men and women in the food system. (See full list of contributors below.)

 

Each day we will post one essay online and invite your comments. The online discussion will be held simultaneously in English, French and Spanish  at http://blogs.oxfam.org/grow

To conclude the online discussion, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Oliver de Schutter, will provide an overall analysis of the discussion and draw out key recommendations.  

Come learn about Vandana Shiva’s recommendations for keeping seeds in women’s hands; be challenged by private sector perspectives on diversity in supply chains; discuss the ideas put forward by women farm workers; find out why ActionAid’s CEO thinks care is central to food justice; and much more.

 

Please spread the word and join us for this discussion!

 

For more information, please contact Lauren Ravon (lauren...@oxfam.ca).

  

Ten experts, ten essays, one topic: Making the food system work for women

 

·           Vandana Shiva , philosopher, feminist and environmental activist

·           Elizabeth Vazquez , CEO of WEConnect and a world leader in global supplier diversity and inclusion

·           Jayati Ghosh , professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University

·           Joanna Kerr , CEO of ActionAid International and former Executive Director of AWID

·           Nidhi Tandon ,  social activist and writer

·           Tinna Nielsen , senior manager at Arla Foods, one of the world’s largest global food and dairy companies

·           Pamela Caro , Chilean feminist researcher working with La Via Campesina

·           Alexandra Spieldoch , independent consultant on gender, food security and sustainable development, formerly with WOCAN

·           Fatima Shabodien , director of Women on Farms in South Africa

·           Sophia Murphy , senior advisor to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

·           PLUS:  Oliver de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

Oxfam works with others to overcome poverty and suffering. Visit the web site at http://www.oxfam.org/

Hope to see all of your contribution.

Regards,

Nabin