56th session of CSW: Panel 1 – Economic empowerment of rural women
Fifty-Sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (27 February - 9 March 2012)
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/56sess.htm
Panel 1 on the priority theme "The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges"
Focus: Economic empowerment of rural women
Secretary-General’s report E/CN.6/2012/3: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=E/CN.6/2012/3
Panellists: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/csw56/panels/Panellists-Panel1.pdf
- Ms. Malika Abdelali-Martini, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (Algeria)
Presentation of the report of the Expert Group Meeting on enabling rural women's economic empowerment
- Ms. Shanaz Wazir Ali, Office of the Prime Minister (Pakistan)
Ensuring rural women's access to productive resources and assets
- Ms. Anna Kaisa Karttunen, rural development consultant (Finland)
Promoting rural women's access to income-generating opportunities and social protection
- Ms. Jemimah Njuki, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (Kenya)
Promoting food security and nutrition
- Ms. Cheryl Morden, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Promoting gender-responsive financing in agriculture
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