Commemoration of the International Day of the Rural Women
Descripcion
There will be a presentation on the study “The Digital Gender Divide in Latin America and the Caribbean - A Perspective on Rurality", which was carried out by a team from the University of Oxford, with support from IICA, IDB and IFAD.
Program
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15 october de 2020, 09:00 - 10:15 a.m. (Costa Rica Time) 12 md (Buenos Aires and Brasilia Time) | Farmer’s Anthem. Barbadian artistes. | |
Welcome and remarks on the importance of International Day of Rural Women | Manuel Otero, Director General, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); Paula-Mae Weekes, President of Trinidad and Tobago; Tereza Cristina, Minister of Agriculture of Brazil; Elvia Monzón, farmer and Head of the Guatemalan cooperative – Cooperative Integral de Pequeños Productores de Rancho Viejo; Marcelo Cabrol, Manager of the Social Sector, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Rossana Polastri, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | |
Presentation on the study: “The Digital Gender Divide in Latin America and the Caribbean - A Perspective on Rurality" | Dra. Valentina Rotondi, University of Oxford Dr. Francesco Billari, University of Oxford Dr. Luca Pesando, University of Oxford Dra. Ridhi Kashyap, University of Oxford | |
Exchange session with journalists and the public via social media, where the event will also be carried (Facebook, YouTube and Instagram). | Journalists from the IICA Advisory Committee on Communication | |
Close | Beverly Best, Director of External and Institutional Relations, IICA | |
Song | Marta Gómez, Colombian singer |
Speakers
Manuel Otero, Director General, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Paula-Mae Weekes, President of Trinidad and Tobago
Tereza Cristina, Minister of Agriculture of Brazil
Elvia Monzón, farmer and Head of the Guatemalan cooperative – Cooperative Integral de Pequeños Productores de Rancho Viejo.
Marcelo Cabrol, Manager of the Social Sector, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Rossana Polastri, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Dra. Valentina Rotondi, Universidad de Oxford
Dr. Francesco Billari, Universidad de Oxford
Dr. Luca Pesando, Universidad de Oxford
Dra. Ridhi Kashyap, Universidad de Oxford
Journalists from the IICA Advisory Committee on Communication
Beverly Best, Director of External and Institutional Relations, IICA
Marta Gómez, Colombian singer
Live Transmission
Broadcast on Youtube