Dibya Gurung, WOCAN’s Coordinator for Nepal participated in the AWID Forum and shared experiences on rural women’s leadership and actively participated in different sessions related to access to and control over resources, climate change, land rights and food security.
WOCAN together with OXFAM, Canada and GROW from Mexico organised a Breakout session on “Women Transforming the Food System and Advancing Their Rights: Sharing practical applications of principles and tools”. In this hour and half session Dibya Gurung shared on how strengthening rural women’s leadership can accelerate rural women’s economic growth in agriculture and inspire them to mobilize local resources for their development. Dibya also shared experiences on the Women’s Leadership Circle (WLC), a national level platform created by WOCAN for women decision makers to listen and interact directly with rural women leaders to influence policies and for the grassroots women to make their voices heard in non-threatening environment. More than 60 people participated in this session and asked several questions. WOCAN also jointly organised a Solidarity Roundtable with ICIMOD on “Transforming Women’s Economic Power and Movements in Rural Development: Where are we now?” WOCAN shared key policy and implementation gender issues and opportunities in agriculture in Nepal and how through strengthening women’s organisations and their leadership can assist women in grabbing opportunities for economic growth. More than 60 people participated in this session and asked several questions. This forum was a very good opportunity for WOCAN to share its experiences and learn and network.
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