Guidelines for measuring gender transformative change in the context of food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture

Moderator: Elizabeth Burges-Sims, Deputy Director, Gender Equality Office, World Food Programme

15:00        Setting the scene

• Lauren Phillips, Deputy Director, Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Margaret Bateson-Missen, Head of Unit “Social Sustainability”, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

15:10        Welcome remarks

• Nicoline de Haan, Director, CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform

15:20        Presentation of the Guidelines

• Steven Michael Cole, Senior Scientist (Gender Specialist), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
• Mariola Acosta, Rural Women’s Empowerment Specialist, FAO

15:40        Assessing normative constraints in agrifood systems: opportunities and challenges

• Els Lecoutere, Lead of the HER+ Gender Equality Initiative, and Science Officer, CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform
• Silvia Sperandini, Gender, Targeting and Social Inclusion Specialist, International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)

16:00        Q&A

• Moderated by Ndaya Beltchika, Lead Technical Specialist – Gender and Social Inclusion, IFAD (tbc)

16:25        Closing remarks

• Krista Orama, Senior Adviser, Development Policy (Gender Equality), Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, and Lead of the EU Member States Working Group on the Gender Transformative Approach