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Empowering youth and women in science for a food-secure future

21 February 2023
Palais des Nations
Europe/Zurich timezone

Empowering youth and women in science for a food-secure future

Celebrating the spirit of the International day of Women and Girls in Science in February, FAO and the World Food Forum will organize a hybrid event in Geneva to facilitate an exchange between FAO’s leaders and women in science who are developing innovative approaches, technologies and science to address the current global food challenges we face today. Under the framework of the World Food Forum, FAO in Geneva is providing a platform for female scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University and SCOPE Zimbabwe to present their work on transforming the current agrifood systems.  This dialogue will also give the youth a rare opportunity to hear about the career experiences from the FAO Deputy Director-General and Chief Scientist. 

FAO and the World Food Forum

Launched in 2021, the World Food Forum (WFF) is an independent, youth-led global network of partners facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It aims to spark a global movement that empowers young people everywhere to actively shape agrifood systems to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a better food future for all.

The WFF serves as the premier global forum to harness the passion and power of youth to identify solutions and incite positive action for agrifood systems. It aligns with the 2021 United Nations (UN) Food Systems Summit, acts as major youth platform in global food governance, and serves as a global think tank that fosters youth-led solutions in innovation, science and technology. The WFF aims to support and grow youth initiatives in the agrifood sector in line with global youth policy recommendations.

Info and Registration

  1. When? Tuesday 21 February 2023, 14:30 – 16:00
  2. Where? Building H, Rooms H-207 and H-208, Palais des Nations, Avenue de la Paix 1211 Geneva, Switzerland and online
  3. How? Once you register from this page (INDICO), please collect your badge at Villa Les Feuillantines. 
Starts
Ends
Europe/Zurich
Hybrid
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
H/2-207 - H.207
To attend virtually on zoom: https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VxiALmvHRaasibWLzfWu3g

Relocation of Pass & ID badging service

Please note that ID badging services for staff, conference participants, media, NGOs, and members of Permanent Missions were relocated from Pregny Gate with effect from Monday, 5 September 2022 to end of May 2023 to:   

Villa Les Feuillantines
Avenue de la Paix 13, 1211 Genève 10
Weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.

Following issuance of a badge, access to the Palais des Nations will be through the Peace Gate “bis”, a new temporary access screening point. Please refer to the following plans indicating the location of Villa Les Feuillantines and how to access the premises through the Peace Gate "bis".  

Directions to Building H

Once you are in the Palias des Nations, head to building H: 

  • From the Peace Gate, follow the signs to Door 40 (main diplomatic entrance to meeting rooms of the Palais des Nations). Walk past this door and towards the tall modern building with a clock on the main landing/pavement.  
  • When you get to the main entrance of the H building, pass through the turnstile and the Security Officer will direct you Room H 207/208, the venue of the meeting.  
Registration
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