Policy Seminar | IFPRI Policy Seminar
Empowerment in Crisis: Gender-Responsive Solutions for Fragile Food Systems
Co-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Science Program on Food Frontiers and Security | Part of the Fragility to Stability Seminar Series
November 12, 2025
Crises—whether driven by conflict, climate shocks, or economic instability—rarely affect everyone equally. Women and girls often bear the heaviest burdens, facing heightened food insecurity, disrupted livelihoods, and increased risks to their health and safety. Yet, women are not only victims of crisis—they are powerful drivers of resilience and recovery. “Empowerment in Crisis: Gender-Responsive Solutions for Fragile Food Systems” brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to examine how gender inequalities are deepened by crises, and how response strategies can be designed to reverse these patterns. The discussion will highlight practical approaches that place women at the center of crisis response and recovery—strengthening their voices, protecting their rights, and harnessing their leadership to build more resilient and equitable food systems.
Introduction and Opening Remarks
Anna Okello, Director, Food Frontiers and Security Science Program, CGIAR
The State of Gender Equality in Fragile Settings
Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny, Director of Communications, Afrobarometer
Promoting Women’s Empowerment Amid Fragility: Key Findings from Nigeria and Malawi
Vivian Effem-Bassey, Project Manager, ActionAid Nigeria
Jordan Kyle, Research Fellow, IFPRI
Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Panel Discussion
Aletheia Amalia Donald, Senior Economist, World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab
Suzan Gopuk, Senior Technical Advisor – Food Security and Livelihood, GIZ Nigeria
Nkechi Ilochi-Kanny, Director Business Development and Innovation, ActionAid Nigeria
Moderator and Closing Remarks
Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
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Policy Seminar | IFPRI Policy Seminar
Empowerment in Crisis: Gender-Responsive Solutions for Fragile Food Systems
Co-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Science Program on Food Frontiers and Security | Part of the Fragility to Stability Seminar Series
November 12, 2025
Crises—whether driven by conflict, climate shocks, or economic instability—rarely affect everyone equally. Women and girls often bear the heaviest burdens, facing heightened food insecurity, disrupted livelihoods, and increased risks to their health and safety. Yet, women are not only victims of crisis—they are powerful drivers of resilience and recovery. “Empowerment in Crisis: Gender-Responsive Solutions for Fragile Food Systems” brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to examine how gender inequalities are deepened by crises, and how response strategies can be designed to reverse these patterns. The discussion will highlight practical approaches that place women at the center of crisis response and recovery—strengthening their voices, protecting their rights, and harnessing their leadership to build more resilient and equitable food systems.
Introduction and Opening Remarks
Anna Okello, Director, Food Frontiers and Security Science Program, CGIAR
The State of Gender Equality in Fragile Settings
Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny, Director of Communications, Afrobarometer
Promoting Women’s Empowerment Amid Fragility: Key Findings from Nigeria and Malawi
Vivian Effem-Bassey, Project Manager, ActionAid Nigeria
Jordan Kyle, Research Fellow, IFPRI
Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Panel Discussion
Aletheia Amalia Donald, Senior Economist, World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab
Suzan Gopuk, Senior Technical Advisor – Food Security and Livelihood, GIZ Nigeria
Nkechi Ilochi-Kanny, Director Business Development and Innovation, ActionAid Nigeria
Moderator and Closing Remarks
Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/empowerment-in-crisis-gender-responsive-solutions-for-fragile-food-systems/
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Book Launch | IFPRI Policy Seminar
What Do We Know About the Future of Food Systems?
Co-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR
This event is also part of the Policy Innovations Global Webinar Series of the CGIAR Science Program on Policy Innovations
July 23, 2025
Food systems have achieved remarkable progress in recent decades, but moving forward, they will face significant challenges in delivering the many outputs and services—such as poverty alleviation, nutrition and health, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability—we expect and need. By combining sophisticated analysis and close engagement with stakeholders, we can identify and explore the likely impacts of different future scenarios based on alternative development pathways and external factors. These results can help inform the decisions we make about food systems today.
This event marks the launch of What Do We Know About the Future of Food Systems?, a collection of short chapters that synthesize current knowledge about different aspects of the future of food systems. Written by more than 100 scientists from around the world with expertise in a wide range of related disciplines and regions, these chapters provide accessible overviews of the latest foresight research on each topic, guide readers toward more detailed information, and offer insights into how our knowledge of future trends can be improved.
The launch will present an overview of the book and highlight key findings from select chapters, followed by a panel discussion featuring speakers from country partners, regional organizations, and donor agencies.
Moderator Welcome
Elisabetta Gotor, Principal Scientist, Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Opening Remarks
Sandra Cristina Kothe Milach, Chief Scientist, CGIAR
Overview
Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Selected Chapter Highlights
Impact area: Poverty – Karl Pauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Driver: Innovation – Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Senior Research Associate, Department of Global Development, Cornell University
Region: West and Central Africa – Dolapo Enahoro, Senior Agricultural Economist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Commodity: Aquatic Foods – Chin Yee Chan, Scientist, WorldFish
Panel Discussion
Vanessa da Fonseca Pereira, Advisor at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) and analyst at Embrapa
Kindie Tesfaye Fantaye, Head, Climate Adaptation and Resilience, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Ruben Echeverria, Senior Advisor Agriculture Development, Gates Foundation
Closing Remarks
Clemens Breisinger, Program Leader for the Kenya Strategy Support Program; Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Elisabetta Gotor, Principal Scientist, Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Links:
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Policy Seminar | IFPRI Policy Seminar
Empowerment in Crisis: Gender-Responsive Solutions for Fragile Food Systems
Co-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Science Program on Food Frontiers and Security | Part of the Fragility to Stability Seminar Series
November 12, 2025
Crises—whether driven by conflict, climate shocks, or economic instability—rarely affect everyone equally. Women and girls often bear the heaviest burdens, facing heightened food insecurity, disrupted livelihoods, and increased risks to their health and safety. Yet, women are not only victims of crisis—they are powerful drivers of resilience and recovery. “Empowerment in Crisis: Gender-Responsive Solutions for Fragile Food Systems” brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to examine how gender inequalities are deepened by crises, and how response strategies can be designed to reverse these patterns. The discussion will highlight practical approaches that place women at the center of crisis response and recovery—strengthening their voices, protecting their rights, and harnessing their leadership to build more resilient and equitable food systems.
Introduction and Opening Remarks
Anna Okello, Director, Food Frontiers and Security Science Program, CGIAR
The State of Gender Equality in Fragile Settings
Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny, Director of Communications, Afrobarometer
Promoting Women’s Empowerment Amid Fragility: Key Findings from Nigeria and Malawi
Vivian Effem-Bassey, Project Manager, ActionAid Nigeria
Jordan Kyle, Research Fellow, IFPRI
Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Panel Discussion
Aletheia Amalia Donald, Senior Economist, World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab
Suzan Gopuk, Senior Technical Advisor – Food Security and Livelihood, GIZ Nigeria
Nkechi Ilochi-Kanny, Director Business Development and Innovation, ActionAid Nigeria
Moderator and Closing Remarks
Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/empowerment-in-crisis-gender-responsive-solutions-for-fragile-food-systems/
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