3. Gender, Food Security & Nutrition


Working Group for the CFS 37 Roundtable:

Gender, Food Security and Nutrition”

Facilitator:

Sarojeni Rengam (CSM Coordination Committee representative for the Women’s constituency)

Contact:

sarojeni.rengam@panap.net

CSO Members of the CFS Task Team:

1. Alberta Guerrra, Action Aid (Facilitator of the TT),  alberta.guerra@actionaid.org

2. Sarojeni V. Rengam, ARWC, sarojeni.rengam@panap.net

3. Alexandra Spieldoch, WOCAN, alexandraspieldoch@wocan.org

4. Tanya Roberts, PCFS, troberts@ibon.org

Timeframe

Task

Date

Release of draft 1 concept paper 5 August
Receive comments for 1st draft 8 – 12 August
Meeting of Task Team to look at 2nd draft 22 August
Revise 2nd draft, and release final and third draft document 23 – 26 August
Deadline to send for translation 29 August
Bureau meeting to review decision box 2 September

First Meeting of the Gender, Food Security and Nutrition TT, 15 June 2011:

Relevant Documents:

1. Guidelines for presenters: CFS_37_Guidelines_Policy_Round_Table_Gender, FS & Nutrition

Background documents for the Round Table will be the SOFI 2011 publication on “Women in Agriculture” and the World Bank report 2012 on gender.

2. The SOFI report can be found here: http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2050e/i2050e.pdf 

Civil Society Inputs on Gender Roundtable

1. CSO Comments on Draft Concept Note for Gender Roundtable, July 18, 2011

2. Suggested Panelists for Roundtable, July 18 2011

3. CSO Comments on Gender FSN First Draft,12 August

4. Key Messages and Concerns on First Draft of Concept Note, 12 August