Marlène Elias

Oct 30, 2024 | cgiar.org | Meghajit Shijagurumayum |Miranda Morgan |Marlène Elias |Haley Zaremba

This blog originally published by Alliance Bioversity & CIAT explores how reimagining women’s leadership in agrifood systems can create new pathways to equality and resilience, fostering lasting change across sectors. By: Meghajit Sharma Shijagurumayum, Miranda Yeen Morgan, Marlène Elias & Haley Zaremba  Women are key actorsin agrifood systems, participating on and off farm at different scales and across the public sector, private sector and civil society.

Oct 15, 2024 | alliancebioversityciat.org | Meghajit Shijagurumayum |Miranda Morgan |Marlène Elias |Haley Zaremba

Rural women’s effective leadership and representation are women are acknowledged as key actors in agrifood systems, participating on and off farm at different scales and across the public sector, private sector and civil society.  However, there is a “dramatic imbalance” between women’s enormous and essential contributions to agrifood systems and their leadership and decision-making power.