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Committee on World Food Security – CFS Session 42 – Side Event

Women in Protracted Crises: Syrian Realities & CFS FFA for Food Security & Nutrition in Protracted Crises

October 14, 2015

18:00 pm – 19:30 pm – Red Room

FAO Headquarters – Rome, Italy 

Distinguished Speakers:

• H.E. Staffan de Mistura – UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Syria – Video

• Mr. Carlo Scaramella, World Food Programme Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

• Ms. Lilian Halls-French – Co-President of Euromed Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI – Introduction of Syrian Speakers

• Ms. Lama Kannout – Syrian Feminist Lobby

• Ms. Seba Hakim – Syrian Women’s Rights Activist

• Ms. Elizabeth Kvitashvili - USAID – Co-Chairperson of the Negotiations on the CFS Framework for Action for Food Security & Nutrition in Protracted Crises

• Ms. Lois A. Herman – Coordinator WUNRN, Women’s UN Report Network – Power Point: Women-Food Security-Conflict & Peace 

Moderators: :  Co-Chairpersons of the Rome Gender Network: Ambassador of South Africa to Italy, Nomatemba Tambo, and Margot Skarpeteig, Deputy Permanent Representative of Norway to the UN Agencies in Rome

Translation Arabic to English Will Be Provided.

Security Passes Required to Enter FAO