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Relationships for Resilience: Understanding and Integrating Gender and Nutrition in CSA

Event Date: Dec 08, 2016

Time: 09:00 PM to 10:30 PM (GMT -5)

Location: United States

Online: Online Event

Event Links: Webinar Recording

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The Agrilinks team will host a webinar component of the Climate-Smart Agriculture Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (CSA-GLEE) session, Why Does Addressing Gender and Nutrition Matter for Climate-Smart Agriculture?, and post the recording online at Agrilinks.org. Led by experts from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and USAID’s Bureau for Food Security, the session will focus on the linkages between gender, nutrition and climate-smart agriculture, drawing on the existing evidence and a new conceptual framework intended to guide programming and research.

Relationships for Resilience: Understanding and Integrating Gender and Nutrition in CSA

Elizabeth Bryan
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Elizabeth Bryan is a Senior Research Analyst in the Environment and Production Technology Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) where she is conducts policy-relevant research on sustainable... more agricultural production, natural resource management, small-scale irrigation, climate change adaptation and gender. Her current work focuses on trade-offs and synergies across the intersection of climate-smart agricultural production, nutrition, gender, and the environment. Prior to joining IFPRI, Elizabeth worked as a consultant for the Poverty Reduction Group of the World Bank and the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She has published numerous articles on climate change adaptation, gender and climate change and trade-offs in biomass energy uses in sub-Saharan Africa. Elizabeth holds an M.A. in International Development with a concentration in Development Economics from American University. less

Sohpie Theis
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Sophie Theis is a research analyst in the Environment and Production Technology Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute. She manages mixed methods research on gender and natural resource governance in East... more Africa and South Asia and provides technical assistance on gender and social inclusion in agriculture, water, and land programming, policy, and research. Prior to her current role, she worked in the gender advisory unit of the CGIAR Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) research program, the World Bank’s rural development practice, and the U.S. State Department’s environment office in Brasilia. She holds an MS and BS from Stanford University’s environmental policy program. less

Jowel Choufani
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Jowel Choufani is a Senior Research Assistant at the Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD) at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Jowel is a licensed dietitian and nutritionist with experience... more in managing complex nutrition programs aiming to improve maternal and child nutrition in Lebanon. She has extensive experience in designing digital nutrition surveys and training large enumerator teams (teams of over 50 people) to collect population and individual level nutrition data (dietary diversity, food security, and anthropometry). Jowel also conducted quantitative analyses to inform the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on key components affecting nutrition and health of refugees in Lebanon, such as access to health care, education, and food security. These skills will be helpful in bridging knowledge of determinants of nutrition with knowledge on smallholder-irrigation technologies. Jowel holds an MSc in Nutrition for Global Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). less

Jeannie Harvey
USAID Bureau for Food Security

Jeannie Harvey is a Gender Advisor with USAID’s Bureau for Food Security, providing technical assistance to Feed the Future (FTF) missions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. She also served as Program Analyst for South Asia in... more the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service and has a Ph.D. in International Development and Gender Auditing. Ms. Harvey has extensive experience in gender integration, including program development and evaluation, gender auditing and gender audit training. Prior to joining USAID and USDA, Ms. Harvey served as the Senior Manager for Gender Integration at InterAction, Director of the University of Idaho Women’s Center, and Gender Advisor for USAID/Bangladesh while serving in the Investing in Women in Development (IWID) fellowship program. less

Filed Under: Climate and Natural Resources Gender Nutrition Policy and Governance Agricultural Productivity Youth

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