Accelerating ASEAN Women’s Economic Empowerment in Agricultural Value Chains

Date released: March 30, 2022


The Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA), UNESCAP Subregional Office for South-East Asia, UN Women WeEmpowerAsia, Catalyst 2030, Oxfam, Embassy of Sweden, and Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism- Social and Community Enterprise Constituency are organizing a roundtable discussion on Accelerating Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in Agricultural Value Chains on Thursday, March 31, from 8:30 AM to 9:45 AM (GMT+7, Bangkok, Thailand). 

The event will feature a roundtable discussion with inspiring women changemakers on gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture. Dr. Chusana Han of Poverty Eradication and Gender Division ASEAN Secretariat, Lenlen Mesina of WeEmpowerAsia, UN Women, Emilia Setyowati of Trubus Bina Swadaya, and Dr. Marie Lisa Dacanay of Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia will join the line-up of speakers.

The event’s highlight is the launch of the Guidelines for Transformational Partnerships and WEE in Agricultural Value Chains (Transformational AVC Guidelines), developed by ISEA and Oxfam supported by the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok through the Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South-East Asia (GRAISEA). The Transformational AVC Guidelines are a set of policies and incentives being proposed to supplement existing ASEAN policies to become more responsive to the needs of women and men small-scale producers. They seek to promote food security, social protection, and resiliency, which are critical to the effective recovery of small-scale producers from COVID-19.

This event is organized in the context of this year’s International Women’s Day theme, “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. The event hopes to generate support from key stakeholders and facilitate a discussion to strengthen further the Transformational AVC Guidelines for a gender-equal and sustainable future for women and men small-scale producers.

The round table cum launch is an accredited side event at the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) 2022 contributing to SDG 5 (Gender Equality). Join the event by registering through this link: https://tinyurl.com/TransformationalAVCGuidelines. Registration is free and open. 

FOR INQUIRIES, send us an e-mail at communications@isea-group.net


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