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The work of ensuring daily food security and well-being is gendered and the unevenly distributed challenges are shaped by the lived realities of climate change.
This webinar showcases recent research on the impacts of trade and fiscal policy on food and nutrition in South Asia and frame their insights in the context of gender and climate justice. Conclusions from Nepal suggest that food systems and nutrition cannot be understood without a deep understanding of the trade architecture. The Sri Lankan case unpacks how both trade and fiscal policy impact food security and nutrition. Both country level studies offer a series of policy recommendations for how to enhance food security, support healthier diets, and safeguard the well-being of both communities and the national economy. Discussing these studies together and in relation to broader issues related to gender and climate offers a concrete discussion of policy barriers and opportunities that must be taken seriously to enable food systems to contribute to, rather than undermine, gender and climate justice.
Speakers
Welcome and opening remarks
—Marina Durano, Collaborative for a Gender-Just Economy
—Zoe Brent, UNRISD—Moderator
Presentation of new research
From Sri Lanka: Tax, Trade and Food — Insights for policy reforms to improve household nutritional outcomes and agricultural competitiveness
From Nepal: Linking Trade with Food and Nutrition Security in Nepal
—Jeevika Weerahewa, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
—Thushanthi Perera, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
—Dikshya Singh, Programme Coordinator, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) Nepal
Food, trade and fiscal policy in the context of gender and climate justice
—Jayati Ghosh, UMASS Amherst
Concluding remarks
—Madiha Ahmed, IDRC
The work of ensuring daily food security and well-being is gendered and the unevenly distributed challenges are shaped by the lived realities of climate change.
This webinar showcases recent research on the impacts of trade and fiscal policy on food and nutrition in South Asia and frame their insights in the context of gender and climate justice. Conclusions from Nepal suggest that food systems and nutrition cannot be understood without a deep understanding of the trade architecture. The Sri Lankan case unpacks how both trade and fiscal policy impact food security and nutrition. Both country level studies offer a series of policy recommendations for how to enhance food security, support healthier diets, and safeguard the well-being of both communities and the national economy. Discussing these studies together and in relation to broader issues related to gender and climate offers a concrete discussion of policy barriers and opportunities that must be taken seriously to enable food systems to contribute to, rather than undermine, gender and climate justice.
Speakers
Welcome and opening remarks
—Marina Durano, Collaborative for a Gender-Just Economy
—Zoe Brent, UNRISD—Moderator
Presentation of new research
From Sri Lanka: Tax, Trade and Food — Insights for policy reforms to improve household nutritional outcomes and agricultural competitiveness
From Nepal: Linking Trade with Food and Nutrition Security in Nepal
—Jeevika Weerahewa, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
—Thushanthi Perera, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
—Dikshya Singh, Programme Coordinator, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) Nepal
Food, trade and fiscal policy in the context of gender and climate justice
—Jayati Ghosh, UMASS Amherst
Concluding remarks
—Madiha Ahmed, IDRC
