Empowering women farmers as key actors in building a sustainable, healthy and food secure future
Regional Exchange of Women Farmers
4 October 2020
10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Philippines Standard Time
This event will bring together members of the women’s committee to share their experiences and at the same time to learn from others. At the end of the activity, participants shall have:
- Recognized the impacts of Covid19 on women farmers;
- Identified coping and response measures;
- Describe the principles of developed women-friendly, gender-sensitive innovations; and
- Identify ways to strengthen the women farmers operational plan
PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES
| TIME | ACTIVITIES |
| 10:15 – 10: 30 a.m. | Arrival of participants |
| 10:30 – 10:35 a.m. (5 mins) | Overview (Objectives, Mechanics) |
| 10: 35 – 10:40 a.m. (5 mins) | Opening remarks |
| 10:40 – 10:50 a.m. (10 mins) | Message: Role of Women farmers in Building a Sustainable, Healthy and Food Secure Future
Speaker: Ella Bhatt, SEWA Founder (TBC) |
| 10:52 – 11:52 a.m. (60 mins) | How did the pandemic transform our lives?
§ Impacts of pandemic on women farmers § Adapting to the new normal: Coping and Response mechanisms of women farmers § Challenges and opportunities for women farmers to build back better and adapt to the transformed environment Panelist (TBC): NLRF representative, AFFM representative, FNN /FWN representative, PAKISAMA representative, NAMAC representative, and VNFU representative |
| 11:52 – 12:00 Noon (8 mins) | § Video presentation |
| 12:00 – 12: 15 a.m.
(15 mins) |
§ Break |
| 12: 15 – 1:15 p.m. (60 mins) | § Peer-to-peer exchange (Open forum in between)
o Women engaging in seed business – KKM (20 mins) o Master trainer approach – SEWA (20 mins) o Technologies/ Innovation Women-friendly (20 mins) |
| 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. | § Lunch break |
| 2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
(60 mins) |
§ Finalization of women farmers operational plan and identification of representatives in the Execom |
| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
(5 mins) |
§ Closing |
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