International Women's Day / World Water Day conference
Channel: UNESCO-IHE Archive
Date: 2015-03-13

UNESCO-IHE, together with Women for Water Partnership, held its annual Women's Day conference with a World Water Day twist on the 12th of March. This video of the conference 'Women and Water Make Sustainable Food Security Happen' also shows the presentations of the speakers:

Keynote on 'How can women control water? – Action needed to increase agriculture productivity and ensure food and nutrition security' by Ms. Ilaria Sisto, Gender and Development Officer at the Social Protection Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 

Keynote on 'Making Sustainable Food Security Happen' by Ms. Frederike Praasterink, Board of Governors & Lecturer Sustainable World Food Supply at Den Bosch University of Applied Sciences 

Keynote, working title 'Gender, water and food.' 
by Charlotte de Fraiture, Professor of Hydraulic Engineering for Land and Water Development at UNESCO-IHE