Saving Lives and Improving Livelihoods: Women and Agriculture in Afghanist
Hybrid Event, 11/05/2022
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11 May 2022 from 9-10:30 AM EST | Register
Afghanistan is facing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. 22.8 million - one in two - people in Afghanistan face acute food insecurity. Approximately 80 percent of Afghans are farmers and herders who reside in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Women, who play a vital role in tending to livestock or backyard food production, are most at risk of hunger. At a point when their work is most critical, women and girls are facing unprecedented challenges.
Join the Alliance to End Hunger, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and a panel of food, nutrition, and agriculture experts to learn about the ever-changing food insecurity situation in Afghanistan and the lifesaving agricultural and nutrition interventions that are urgently needed.
Opening remarks
Eric Mitchell, Executive Director, Alliance to End Hunger
Jocelyn Brown Hall, Director, FAO Liaison Office for North America
Keynote address
Richard Trenchard, FAO Representative in Afghanistan
Panelists
Anwar Khan, President, Islamic Relief USA
Allyson Neville, Senior Advisor, Humanitarian Policy, Save the Children US
Erol Yayboke, Director and Senior Fellow, Project on Fragility and Mobility, CSIS